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.
List of unorganized territories
Notes
- ^ 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
References
- "Unorganized Territory". Maine Revenue Services.
- ^ "Maine Town and Townships Boundary Polygons Dissolved Feature". State of Maine. June 19, 2023.
- ^ "TIGER/Line® Shapefiles: County Subdivisions". U.S. Census Bureau. 2022.
- "Historical deorganizations by year" (PDF). Office of the State Auditor, State of Maine. 2023.
- "2020 Census". U.S. Census Bureau.
- "TIGER/Line® Shapefiles: Water". U.S. Census Bureau. 2022.
- "LUPC Digital Maps and Data". Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry.