Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Fort Kent came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Fort Kent in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fort Kent. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fort Kent data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fort Kent:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Maine (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Fort Kent is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Fort Kent in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Fort Kent for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Fort Kent. See our Misc Page for Fort Kent for more information.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Fort Kent: www.fortkent.org/

The official website for Aroostook County: www.aroostook.me.us/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/