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Maine Counties
There are16 counties in Maine. Prior to statehood, Maine was officially part of the state of
Massachusetts and was called the District of Maine. Maine was granted statehood on March 15, 1820 as part of the
Missouri Compromise. Nine of the sixteen counties had their borders defined while Maine was still part of
Massachusetts, and hence are older than the state itself. Even after 1820, the exact location of the northern
border of Maine was disputed with Britain, until the question was settled and the northern counties took their
final, official form by treaty in 1845. Almost all of Aroostook County was disputed land until the treaty was
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The State of Maine (/ˈmeɪn/ ) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America,
bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the
northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is the northernmost portion of New England and is the easternmost
state in the contiguous United States. It is known for its scenery—its jagged, mostly rocky coastline; its low, rolling
mountains; and its heavily forested interior — as well as for its seafood cuisine, especially lobsters and clams.
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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