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'''Changes in status. ''' Townships can decide to organize into a [[Maine Town Records|town]] government, or a [[Maine plantations|plantation]]. Also, from time to time, towns may choose to become townships. If a former town has a declining population, and its citizens decide to discontinue as a town, they stop holding town meetings and the former town's records are usually transferred to a nearby functioning town. | '''Changes in status. ''' Townships can decide to organize into a [[Maine Town Records|town]] government, or a [[Maine plantations|plantation]]. Also, from time to time, towns may choose to become townships. If a former town has a declining population, and its citizens decide to discontinue as a town, they stop holding town meetings and the former town's records are usually transferred to a nearby functioning town. | ||
'''Names and numbers. ''' Some townships have names ''such as'' • [[Hancock County, Maine|Fletchers Landing]], • [[Somerset County, Maine|Big W]], or • [[Unity Plantation, Maine|Unity Township]]. Other townships are known more by their numbers ''such as'' • [[Piscataquis County, Maine|Island No. 63]], • [[Somerset County, Maine|Township 4 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State]], • [[Washington County, Maine|Township 37 Middle Division]], or • [[Berlin, Maine|Township 6 North of Weld]]. Many of Maine's unorganized territories are known by '''''both ''''' a name ''and '' a number, ''for example'' [[Lang Plantation, Maine|Township 2 R3 WBKP (Lang Township)]]. | '''Names and numbers. ''' Some townships have names ''such as'' • [[Hancock County, Maine Genealogy|Fletchers Landing]], • [[Somerset County, Maine Genealogy|Big W]], or • [[Unity Plantation, Maine|Unity Township]]. Other townships are known more by their numbers ''such as'' • [[Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy|Island No. 63]], • [[Somerset County, Maine Genealogy|Township 4 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State]], • [[Washington County, Maine Genealogy|Township 37 Middle Division]], or • [[Berlin, Maine|Township 6 North of Weld]]. Many of Maine's unorganized territories are known by '''''both ''''' a name ''and '' a number, ''for example'' [[Lang Plantation, Maine|Township 2 R3 WBKP (Lang Township)]]. | ||
'''Township groups. ''' Some counties of Maine list their townships within larger geographic locations ''such as '' [[Washington County, Maine|East Central Washington]], [[Oxford County, Maine|North Oxford]], or [[Somerset County, Maine|Seboomook Lake]]. Moreover, in some counties, a few of the townships are split into two of the groupings (as shown on such counties' FamilySearch Wiki maps by a bright-green line). | '''Township groups. ''' Some counties of Maine list their townships within larger geographic locations ''such as '' [[Washington County, Maine Genealogy|East Central Washington]], [[Oxford County, Maine Genealogy|North Oxford]], or [[Somerset County, Maine Genealogy|Seboomook Lake]]. Moreover, in some counties, a few of the townships are split into two of the groupings (as shown on such counties' FamilySearch Wiki maps by a bright-green line). | ||
'''Other unorganized territories. ''' In addition to being labelled a township, sometimes an unorganized territory of Maine may instead be called a gore, grant, island, patent, purchase, strip, surplus, territory, or tract. Such units are similar to a township in their low population, lack of local-government, and lack of organized record-keeping. | '''Other unorganized territories. ''' In addition to being labelled a township, sometimes an unorganized territory of Maine may instead be called a gore, grant, island, patent, purchase, strip, surplus, territory, or tract. Such units are similar to a township in their low population, lack of local-government, and lack of organized record-keeping. | ||