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Do you know of Squirrel Island ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Squirrel Island. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Squirrel Island.<1>

Our sources for Squirrel Island (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Squirrel Island other than they indicate that Squirrel Island would be found somewhere in Lincoln County, Maine.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1872 and closed  in 1967.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Squirrel Island ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Squirrel Island:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Squirrel Island - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Squirrel Island.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 23/73530   (Place Name: Squirrel Island)

County: Lincoln     (FIPS State/County: 23/015)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Squirrel Island) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Lincoln County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Lincoln County.

Allens 
 Joice
Boothbay Harbor Center 
Bristol MillsMonhegan Island
Broad BayMuscongus Bay
Bunker Hill 
 New Milford
Capitol IslandNewcastle Center
 Nobleboro' Station
Damariscotta CenterNorth Boothbay
Davis IslandNorth Nobleboro
  
East JeffersonPatricktown
East Newcastle 
East Waldoboro'Richmondville
  
FactoryvilleSheepscott Bridge
 South Somerville
HaleySpruce Point
Harrimans Point 
Hodgdon's MillsWaldboro
 West Jefferson
Isle of SpringsWestport Station

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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