Editing List of counties in Maine (section)

==Alphabetical list==
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{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=001|Name=Androscoggin|Seat=Auburn|Largest city=Lewiston|Data2=1854|Data4=The [[Androscoggin (tribe)|Androscoggin]] [[Native American (U.S.)|Native American]] tribe. |Area= 497|Population=115272|Data3=From parts of Cumberland County, Kennebec County, and Lincoln County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=003|Name=Aroostook|Seat=Houlton|Data2=1839|Data4=A [[Mi'kmaq language|Mi'kmaq]] word meaning ''beautiful river''. |Area=6829|Population=66776|Data3=From parts of Penobscot County, and Washington County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=005|Name=Cumberland|Seat=Portland|Data2=1761|Data4=[[Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland]], son of [[George II of Great Britain]]. |Area=1217|Population=313809|Data3=As Cumberland County, [[Massachusetts]], from part of York County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=007|Name=Franklin|Seat=Farmington|Data2=1838|Data4=[[Benjamin Franklin]], the Founding Father, scientist, printer, and diplomat. |Area=1744|Population=30902|Data3=From parts of Kennebec County, Oxford County, and Somerset County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=009|Name=Hancock|Seat=Ellsworth|Data2=1790|Data4=[[John Hancock]] (1737–1793), the Founding Father and president of the convention that produced the [[United States Declaration of Independence]]. |Area=2351|Population=56946|Data3=As Hancock County, Massachusetts, from part of Lincoln County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=011|Name=Kennebec|Seat=Augusta|Data2=1799|Data4=The [[Kennebec River]] in Maine. |Area=951|Population=128461|Data3=As Kennebec County, Massachusetts, from part of Lincoln County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=013|Name=Knox|Seat=Rockland|Data2=1860|Data4=[[Henry Knox]] (1750–1806), the first [[United States Secretary of War]] (1789 - 1794), who lived in [[Thomaston, Maine]]. |Area=1142|Population=40981|Data3=From parts of Lincoln County and Waldo County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=015|Name=Lincoln|Seat=Wiscasset|Data2=1760|Data4=The city of [[Lincoln, England]]. |Area=700 |Population=36491|Data3=As Lincoln County, Massachusetts, from part of York County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=017|Name=Oxford |Seat=Paris|Data2=1805|Data4=Probably named for [[Oxford, Massachusetts]]. |Area=2175 |Population=60039|Data3=As Oxford County, Massachusetts, from parts of Cumberland County and York County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=019|Name=Penobscot|Seat=Bangor|Data2=1816|Data4=The [[Penobscot people|Penobscot]] [[Native American (U.S.)|Native American]] tribe. |Area=3556|Population=156840|Data3=As Penobscot County, Massachusetts, from part of Hancock County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=021|Name=Piscataquis|Seat=Dover-Foxcroft|Data2=1838|Data4=An [[Abenaki language|Abenaki]] word meaning ''rapid waters''. |Area=4377|Population=17432|Data3=From parts of Penobscot County and Somerset County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=023|Name=Sagadahoc|Seat=Bath|Data2=1854|Data4=An [[Abenaki language|Abenaki]] word meaning ''mouth of big river''. |Area=370|Population=37582|Data3=From part of Lincoln County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=025|Name=Somerset|Seat=Skowhegan|Data2=1809|Data4=The county of [[Somerset]] in England. |Area=4095 |Population=51338|Data3=As Somerset County, Massachusetts, from parts of Kennebec County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=027|Name=Waldo|Seat=Belfast|Data2=1827|Data4=[[Samuel Waldo]], Maine landowner and a colonial soldier in the 1745 [[siege of Louisbourg (1745)|siege of Louisbourg]]. |Area=853|Population=40617|Data3=From parts of Hancock County, Kennebec County and Lincoln County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=029|Name=Washington|Seat=Machias|Data2=1790|Data4=[[George Washington]], the first [[President of the United States]]. |Area=3255|Population=31383|Data3=As Washington County, Massachusetts, from part of Lincoln County|Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=23|Num=031|Name=York |Seat=Alfred|Data2=1652|Data4=[[York]], [[England]], the birthplace of [[Christopher Levett]] who first attempted to settle the area. |Area=1271|Population=220143|Data3=As Yorkshire County, Massachusetts, from the southern part of the [[District of Maine]]. Renamed ''[[York County, Massachusetts|York County]]'' by Massachusetts in 1668|Size=80px}}
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