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List of unorganized territories in Maine

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The unorganized territory (UT) of Maine is the area of Maine that has no local, incorporated municipal government. The unorganized territory consists of 435 townships, primarily heavily forested areas of the state's north, east, and west, along with de-organized municipalities and islands. The UT land area is slightly over one half the area of the entire State of Maine. Year round residents number approximately 9,000, with many more people seasonally residing in the UT.[1][2][3][4]

List of unorganized territories

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NameCountyPopulation
(2020 census)[5]		Land area
(sq mil)[3][6]		Townships within UT[2][3][7]
Bancroft UTAroostook5740.4Bancroft Township (T1 R2 WELS)
Central Aroostook UT164594.4
Connor UT41839.3Connor Township (TK R2 WELS)
Northwest Aroostook UT122,617.5
South Aroostook UT579376.0
Square Lake UT706394.0
East Central Franklin UTFranklin805171.1
North Franklin UT41498.9
South Franklin UT6012.4Perkins Township
Washington Township
West Central Franklin UT1103.9T6 North of Weld
Township D
Township E
Wyman UT8220.3Wyman Township (T4 R3 BKP WKR)
Central Hancock UTHancock13215.2Fletchers Landing Township (T8 SD BPP)
East Hancock UT85443.1
Marshall Island UT01.6Marshall Island
Northwest Hancock UT240.9T32 MD BPP
Unity UTKennebec3610.4Unity Township
Criehaven UTKnox40.5Criehaven Township
Muscle Ridge Islands UT90.9Muscle Ridge Township
Hibberts GoreLincoln10.7Hibberts Gore
Louds Island UT31.6Louds Island
Milton UTOxford15014.9Milton Township
North Oxford UT61557.2
South Oxford UT59197.1Albany Township
Batchelders Grant Township
Mason Township
Argyle UTPenobscot25527.3Argyle Township (T3 OIP WPR)
Drew UT[a]2638.0Drew Township (T7 R4 NBPP)
East Central Penobscot UT308114.5Grand Falls Township (T2 ND BPP)
Greenfield Township (T38 MD BPP)
Summit Township (T1 ND BPP)
Kingman UT[a]13725.0Kingman Township (T6 R4 NBPP)
North Penobscot UT4051,051.9
Prentiss UT[a]16938.2Prentiss Township (T7 R3 NBPP)
Twombly Ridge UT044.0Twombly Ridge Township (T3 R1 NBPP)
Whitney UT610.9Pukakon Township (T5 R1 NBPP)
Blanchard UTPiscataquis9144.3Blanchard Township (T3 R3 BKP EKR)
Northeast Piscataquis UT3041,708.1
Northwest Piscataquis UT1341,370.4
Southeast Piscataquis UT48775.1Atkinson Township (T2 R6 NWP)
Orneville Township (T1 R6 NWP)
Perkins UTSagadahoc02.3Perkins Township Swan Island
Central Somerset UTSomerset33676.7Concord Township (T1 R1 BKP WKR)
Lexington Township (T2 R1 BKP WKR)
Northeast Somerset UT367483.9
Northwest Somerset UT41656.8
Seboomook Lake UT231,400.9
East Central Washington UTWashington724207.2
North Washington UT518975.5

Education

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The Maine Department of Education takes responsibility for coordinating school assignments in the unorganized territories.[8]

The department itself operates the following public schools in unorganized territories. As of 2025 state-operated schools in unorganized territory are:[9]

The department previously operated:

As of 1998 these schools do not have their own school boards.[11]

Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 Following the de-organization of Drew Plantation in 2023, it formed a newly contiguous UT with Kingman and Prentiss. The three will likely be combined into a single UT prior to the 2030 census.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Unorganized Territory". Maine Revenue Services.
  2. 1 2 "Maine Town and Townships Boundary Polygons Dissolved Feature". State of Maine. June 19, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "TIGER/Line® Shapefiles: County Subdivisions". U.S. Census Bureau. 2022.
  4. ↑ "Historical deorganizations by year" (PDF). Office of the State Auditor, State of Maine. 2023.
  5. ↑ "2020 Census". U.S. Census Bureau.
  6. ↑ "TIGER/Line® Shapefiles: Water". U.S. Census Bureau. 2022.
  7. ↑ "LUPC Digital Maps and Data". Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry.
  8. ↑ "Education in the Unorganized Territory - Find Your School". Maine Department of Education. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  9. ↑ "Education in the Unorganized Territory Schools". Maine Department of Education. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  10. 1 2 "EDUCATION IN UNORGANIZED TERRITORY". Maine Department of Education. Archived from the original on 2001-06-19. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  11. 1 2 Reilly, Wayne (1988-11-28). "Smallest schools to set big example". Bangor Daily News. Vol. 100, no. 139. Bangor, Maine. pp. 1-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Community center may close". Pioneer Times. Bangor Publishing Company. 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  13. ↑ "Education in Unorganized Territory". Maine Department of Education. 2010-04-05. Archived from the original on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2025-07-13.

Further reading

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