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1921 Cities, Towns and Post Offices in Maine

 

Information is taken from Maine Register State Year Book and Legislative Manual No. 52, published in 1921 by Portland Directory Co.

 

This book gives an amazing amount of information.

bulletIt has a brief history and any other names the town was known by.
bulletWhich stage line or railroad line served the town in 1920? You can find out from the listing. Also tells the direction and distance to the nearest city for the towns and post offices.
bulletPopulation for every census, number of registered voters and value of real estate, every 10 years from 1850 to 1920.
bulletLists of all town or city officers, committees and commissioners.
bulletLists of merchants, manufacturers, (both by type in the larger cities) clergymen, physicians, dentists, lawyers and veterinarians. Also; schools, newspapers, restaurants, livery stables, telegraph and telephone, hotels, boarding houses and more...
bulletEntries range from a few paragraphs to many pages.

The following table lists the towns and cities of Maine listed in the book, 1920 population and county where located. Plantations are listed under the county and following towns & cities, unorganized places follow the  plantations. (One table has population numbers for several other unorganized places, but no other information,

Androscoggin County

Town or City 1920
Population
Auburn 16.985
Durham 1,144
E. Livermore 2,636
Greene 670
Leeds 840
Lewiston 31,791
Lisbon 4,091
Livermore 1,064
Mechanic Falls 1,614
Minot 726
Poland 1,399
Turner 1,382
Wales 428
Webster 1,026

 

Aroostook County

Town or City 1920
Population
Amity 393
Ashland 2,391
Bancroft 315
Benedicta 268
Blaine 1,117
Bridgewater 1,212
Caribou 6,018
Castle Hill 571
Chapman 490
Connor 585
Crystal 508
Dyer Brook 385
Eagle Lake 1,772
Easton 1,451
Fort Fairfield 4,551
Fort Kent 4,237
Frenchville 1,586
Grand Isle 1,352
Haynesville 349
Hersey 245
Hodgdon 1,070
Houlton 6,191
Island Falls 1,683
Limestone 1,506
Linneus 706
Littleton 1,049
Ludlow 375
Madawaska 1,933
Mapleton 1,128
Mars Hill 1,783
Masardis 690
Merrill 361
Monticello 1,268
New Limerick 412
New Sweden 964
Oakfield 1,016
Orient 170
Perham 659
Portage Lake 721
Presque Isle 5,581
Sherman 1,134
Smyrna 460
Stockholm 1,038
St. Agatha 1,669
Van Buren 4,594
Wade 383
Washburn 1,870
Westfield 798
Weston 433
Woodland 1,120

Aroostook County
Plantations

Allagash 359
Cary 327
Caswell 558
Cyr 479
E 97
Garfield 142
Glenwood 87
Hamlin 602
Hammond 132
Macwahoc 131
Moro 181
Nashville 39
New Canada 573
Oxbow 198
Reed 639
Silver Ridge 164
St. Francis 1,241
St. John 549
Wallagrass 1,144
Westmanland 101
Winterville 353

Aroostook County
Unorganized Places

No. 1, R. 5 17 (in 1910)
No. 8, R. 4 122
No. 9, R. 4 151
No. 13, R. 15 2
No. 16, R. 5  
No. 17, R. 5 180 (in 1910)
Letter C, R. 2 71
Letter D, R. 2 11

 

Cumberland County

Town or City 1920
Population
Baldwin 700
Bridgton 2,546
Brunswick 7,261
Cape Elizabeth 1,534
Casco 685
Cumberland 1,150
Falmouth 1,542
Freeport 2,488
Gorham 2,870
Gray 1,139
Harpswell 1,242
Harrison 901
Naples 514
New Gloucester 1,684
North Yarmouth 590
Otisfield 581
Portland 69,272
Pownal 514
Raymond 500
Scarborough 1,832
Sebago 541
South Portland 9,254
Standish 1,735
Westbrook 9,453
Windham 1,932
Yarmouth 2,216

 

Franklin County

Town or City 1920
Population
Avon 384
Carthage 282
Chesterville 586
Eustis 589
Farmington 3,197
Freeman 222
Industry 431
Jay 3,152
Kingfield 975
Madrid 258
New Sharon 885
New Vineyard 471
Phillips 1,353
Rangeley 1,028
Salem 158
Strong 779
Temple 425
Weld 521
Wilton 2,505

Franklin County
Plantations

Coplin 177
Dallas 365
Lang 99
Rangeley 159
Sandy River 97

Franklin County
Unorganized Places

Jerusalem 31
Lowelltown 101
Perkins 24
Redington 76
No. 1, R. 5 (Jim Pond) 4
No. 2, R. 4  
No. 2, R. 5 (Alder Stream) 265
No. 3, R. 5 (Seven Ponds) 5
No. 3, in 4th Range 133
No.4, R. 2 (Crockertown) 18
No. 4, R. 3 31

 

Hancock  County

Town or City 1920
Population
Amherst  
Aurora  
Bar Harbor  
Blue Hill  
Brooklin  
Brooksville  
Bucksport  
Castine  
Cranberry Isles  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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