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The unorganized territory (UT) of Maine is the area of Maine that has no local, incorporated municipal government. The unorganized territory consists of 435 townships, primarily heavily forested areas of the state's north, east, and west, along with de-organized municipalities and islands. The UT land area is slightly over one half the area of the entire State of Maine. Year round residents number approximately 9,000, with many more people seasonally residing in the UT. [1] [2] [3] [4]

List of unorganized territories

Name County Population
(2020 census) [5]		 Land area
(sq mil) [3] [6]		 Townships within UT [2] [3] [7]
Bancroft UT Aroostook 57 40.4 Bancroft Township (T1 R2 WELS)
Central Aroostook UT 164 594.4
List
Connor UT 418 39.3 Connor Township (TK R2 WELS)
Northwest Aroostook UT 12 2,617.5
List
South Aroostook UT 579 376.0
List
Square Lake UT 706 394.0
List
East Central Franklin UT Franklin 805 171.1
List
North Franklin UT 41 498.9
List
South Franklin UT 60 12.4 Perkins Township
Washington Township
West Central Franklin UT 1 103.9 T6 North of Weld
Township D
Township E
Wyman UT 82 20.3 Wyman Township (T4 R3 BKP WKR)
Central Hancock UT Hancock 132 15.2 Fletchers Landing Township (T8 SD BPP)
East Hancock UT 85 443.1
List
Marshall Island UT 0 1.6 Marshall Island
Northwest Hancock UT 2 40.9 T32 MD BPP
Unity UT Kennebec 36 10.4 Unity Township
Criehaven UT Knox 4 0.5 Criehaven Township
Muscle Ridge Islands UT 9 0.9 Muscle Ridge Township
Hibberts Gore Lincoln 1 0.7 Hibberts Gore
Louds Island UT 3 1.6 Louds Island
Milton UT Oxford 150 14.9 Milton Township
North Oxford UT 61 557.2
List
South Oxford UT 591 97.1 Albany Township
Batchelders Grant Township
Mason Township
Argyle UT Penobscot 255 27.3 Argyle Township (T3 OIP WPR)
Drew UT [a] 26 38.0 Drew Township (T7 R4 NBPP)
East Central Penobscot UT 308 114.5 Grand Falls Township (T2 ND BPP)
Greenfield Township (T38 MD BPP)
Summit Township (T1 ND BPP)
Kingman UT [a] 137 25.0 Kingman Township (T6 R4 NBPP)
North Penobscot UT 405 1,051.9
List
Prentiss UT [a] 169 38.2 Prentiss Township (T7 R3 NBPP)
Twombly Ridge UT 0 44.0 Twombly Ridge Township (T3 R1 NBPP)
Whitney UT 6 10.9 Pukakon Township (T5 R1 NBPP)
Blanchard UT Piscataquis 91 44.3 Blanchard Township (T3 R3 BKP EKR)
Northeast Piscataquis UT 304 1,708.1
List
Northwest Piscataquis UT 134 1,370.4
List
Southeast Piscataquis UT 487 75.1 Atkinson Township (T2 R6 NWP)
Orneville Township (T1 R6 NWP)
Perkins UT Sagadahoc 0 2.3 Perkins Township Swan Island
Central Somerset UT Somerset 336 76.7 Concord Township (T1 R1 BKP WKR)
Lexington Township (T2 R1 BKP WKR)
Northeast Somerset UT 367 483.9
List
Northwest Somerset UT 41 656.8
List
Seboomook Lake UT 23 1,400.9
List
East Central Washington UT Washington 724 207.2
List
North Washington UT 518 975.5
List

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Following the de-organization of Drew Plantation in 2023, it formed a newly contiguous UT with Kingman and Prentiss. The three will likely be combined into a single UT prior to the 2030 census.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Unorganized Territory". Maine Revenue Services.
  2. ^ a b "Maine Town and Townships Boundary Polygons Dissolved Feature". State of Maine. June 19, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "TIGER/Line® Shapefiles: County Subdivisions". U.S. Census Bureau. 2022.
  4. ^ "Historical deorganizations by year" (PDF). Office of the State Auditor, State of Maine. 2023.
  5. ^ "2020 Census". U.S. Census Bureau.
  6. ^ "TIGER/Line® Shapefiles: Water". U.S. Census Bureau. 2022.
  7. ^ "LUPC Digital Maps and Data". Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry.
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