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'''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. | ||
'''Plantations. ''' Nevertheless, in Maine [[Maine | '''Plantations. ''' Nevertheless, in Maine [[Maine Plantations|plantations]] are between towns and townships in their level of government organization. For examples of Maine plantations and their records, see [[Coplin Plantation, Maine|Coplin Plantation]], [[Matinicus, Maine|Matinicus]], or [[Monhegan, Maine|Monhegan]]. Look for Maine plantation records the same way you look for [[Maine Town Records|Maine town records]]. | ||
'''Statistics. ''' Maine has about 425 townships (unincorporated territories), 34 plantations<ref>"List of plantations in Maine" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plantations_in_Maine (accessed 27 February 2013).</ref>, 454 towns or cities, and three Indian reservations. The unorganized township territories include slightly over half the land area of Maine.<ref name="Muni" /> | '''Statistics. ''' Maine has about 425 townships (unincorporated territories), 34 plantations<ref>"List of plantations in Maine" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plantations_in_Maine (accessed 27 February 2013).</ref>, 454 towns or cities, and three Indian reservations. The unorganized township territories include slightly over half the land area of Maine.<ref name="Muni" /> | ||