This article shows U.S. Census totals for Lincoln County, Maine, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.
Contents
- Corporate changes since 1900
- 1900
- 1910
- 1920
- 1930
- 1940
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- Plantations
- Unorganized Territory
- References
There are two types of incorporated municipalities in Maine, towns and cities. The tables in the New England Historical U.S. Census Totals series differentiate between towns and cities; however, there have never been any cities in Lincoln County.
Most areas of New England are entirely divided into incorporated municipalities, with no unincorporated territory. In the three northern New England states, however, some unincorporated territory does exist, generally in areas that are very sparsely populated. Maine contains significantly more unincorporated territory than the other states, with the bulk of it in interior and northern counties. Some southern and coastal counties, including Lincoln County, also contain smaller amounts of unincorporated territory, however.
Some unincorporated territory in Maine is organized into a third type of town-level municipality unique to Maine, called a plantation (considered to be “organized”, but not incorporated), while some is entirely unorganized. Lincoln County currently contains one plantation (Monhegan, which is located on offshore islands), as well as a small amount of territory that is entirely unorganized (Hibberts Gore). Separate sections with census totals for unincorporated areas follows the main tables below. For any census, adding up the totals for each town-level municipality, including any plantations or unorganized entities, should yield the county total. Except for Monhegan and Hibberts Gore, all of Lincoln County is incorporated; except for Hibberts Gore, all of the county is at least organized.
For more information on the New England municipal system, see New England town.
Corporate changes since 1900
1900
County Total: 19,669
Unincorporated territory reported 94 residents, all in Monhegan Plantation.
1910
County Total: 18,216
Unincorporated territory reported 120 residents, all in Monhegan Plantation.
1920
County Total: 15,976
Unincorporated territory reported 133 residents, all in Monhegan Plantation.
1930
County Total: 15,498
Unincorporated territory reported 109 residents, all in Monhegan Plantation.
1940
County Total: 16,294
Unincorporated territory reported 455 residents. This consisted of 381 residents in organized plantations, and 74 residents in unorganized territory.
1950
County Total: 18,004
Unincorporated territory reported 379 residents. This consisted of 302 residents in organized plantations, and 77 residents in unorganized territory.
1960
County Total: 18,497
Unincorporated territory reported 353 residents. This consisted of 319 residents in organized plantations, and 34 residents in unorganized territory.
1970
County Total: 20,537
Unincorporated territory reported 259 residents. All were in organized plantations; unorganized territory reported no population.
1980
County Total: 25,691
Unincorporated territory reported 111 residents. This consisted of 109 residents in an organized plantation, and 2 residents in unorganized territory.
1990
County Total: 30,357
Unincorporated territory reported 89 residents. This consisted of 88 residents in an organized plantation, and 1 resident in unorganized territory.
2000
County Total: 33,616
Unincorporated territory reported 76 residents. This consisted of 75 residents in an organized plantation, and 1 resident in unorganized territory.
Plantations
As of 1900, there was one plantation in Lincoln County, Monhegan, which is located on offshore islands (all of mainland Lincoln County is incorporated, except for Hibberts Gore). While Monhegan is currently the only plantation in the county, a second plantation existed from 1937 to 1974, a period when Somerville also operated under a plantation form a government. Before 1937 and after 1974, Somerville has been an incorporated town.
1900
1910
1920
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Unorganized Territory
The unorganized territory in Lincoln County consists of a small tract in the northeastern corner of the county, covering less than one square mile, called Hibberts Gore. It is surrounded by the towns of Somerville, Palermo, Liberty and Washington (Somerville is the only one of these towns that is in Lincoln County; the others are all across the border in neighboring counties). Hibberts Gore has never recorded a population of more than a few residents in any census.
1900 through 1930
Unorganized territory reported no population. Hibberts Gore appears to have been the only unorganized territory in the county.
1940
Unorganized territory reported 74 residents. The only available breakdown is that 1 resident was in Hibberts Gore. See the Notes section below for more information.
1950
Unorganized territory reported 77 residents. The only available breakdown is that 1 resident was in Hibberts Gore. See the Notes section below for more information.
1960
Unorganized territory reported 34 residents. The only available breakdown is that none were in Hibberts Gore. See the Notes section below for more information.
1970
Unorganized territory reported no population. Hibberts Gore was the only unorganized territory in the county.
1980
Unorganized territory reported 2 residents, in Hibberts Gore, which was the only unorganized territory in the county.
1990
Unorganized territory reported 1 resident, in Hibberts Gore, which was the only unorganized territory in the county.
2000
Unorganized territory reported 1 resident, in Hibberts Gore, which was the only unorganized territory in the county.