Butter Island, Penobscot Bay, Unorganized Island Territory, Hancock County, ME

Latitude (decimal)

44.2300794

Longitude (decimal)

-68.7914179

Authoritative Source

U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS). “Archive database of 2021” at U.S. Geographic Information Names System (GNIS) ( https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/download-gnis-data : CSV data downloaded 31 May 2024).

External URL

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/about/coastal_island_registry.shtml

General Note

In Maine, a township is a defined geographic area, lying within the state’s unorganized territories, that does not have a local government. State government handles taxation and most services within these 420+ minor civil divisions, which encompass slightly over one-half the area of the entire State of Maine. Some sources (i.e., Wikipedia and Google Maps) group the townships into larger divisions, each labeled an “Unorganized Territory” (abbreviated as “UT”).