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- ↑ "Unorganized Territory". Maine Revenue Services.
- 1 2 "Maine Town and Townships Boundary Polygons Dissolved Feature". State of Maine. June 19, 2023.
- 1 2 3 "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.