| LC control no. | n 50076414 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | York County (Me.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Maine--York County |
| Variant(s) | York Co., Me. York County (Mass.) |
| See also | Lincoln County (Me.) |
| Other standard no. | Q390141 Q8055420 125463384 4983621 2000933 6ebc92e9-ad38-4e45-b587-f6f376921ac9 1203013 581301 |
| Beginning date | 1636 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Maine Massachusetts |
| Located | Alfred (Me.) |
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| Found in | Cochrane, J. Report of the trial of Jacob Cochrane ... 1819: t.p. (County of York ... Commonwealth of Massachusetts) Wikipedia, July 21, 2008 (York County, Maine; in 1664, what had been the Province of Maine was given a grant by Charles II of England to James, Duke of York; the patent to James for this territory was renewed in 1674 and survives in York County; after a series of further permutations, the former province had become, by the 18th century, part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay; region of Maine achieved statehood of its own in 1820) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 43°28ʹ00ʺN 070°40ʹ58ʺW) Attwood, S.B. Length and breadth of Maine, 1944, p. 18 (York [County]; from 1658, when Massachusetts assumed jurisdiction, to 1691, Yorkshire extended to the western limit of North Yarmouth; it included the entire state to June 19, 1760, when Cumberland and Lincoln were set off) Wikipedia, April 18, 2023: York County, Maine (York County, Maine; southwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Maine; permanently established in 1639; founded 1636; by 1658 the Massachusetts Bay Colony had completely absorbed what is now southwestern Maine into York County, Massachusetts; large size of the county led to its division in 1760, with Cumberland and Lincoln counties carved out of its eastern portions) Wikipedia, April 18, 2023: Lincoln County (Lincoln County; county located in the U.S. state of Maine; founded in 1760 by the Massachusetts General Court from a portion of York County, Massachusetts) York County Maine Government website, April 18, 2023: home page (York County Maine; first county in Maine est. 1636; York County has been a government in continuous existence since 1636; Physical Address: 149 Jordan Springs Rd, Alfred, ME 04002; Mailing Address: 45 Kennebunk Rd, Alfred, ME 04002) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-me |
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