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Isle au Haut is a town in Knox County, incorporated in 1874 from a portion of Deer Isle from which it is separated by five miles of water.

  1. February 28, 1874 incorporated as Isle au Haut (Hancock County)

  2. 1913 set off to Knox county

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Islands
  • Isle au Haut
  • Lookout
  • Great Spoon Island
  • Isle au Haut
  • Kimball Island
  • York Island

A Survey of Hancock County, Maine By Samuel Wasson 1876:

Isle au Haut.—This our "youngest," was incorporated February 28, 1874. It includes Isle au Haut (Isle of Holt), the two Spoon islands,_ Yorks, <Fog, Burnt, Merchant's, Kimball's and all the other islands south of Merchant's Row. The Isle au Haut is one league directly south of Deer Isle. It contains about 3,000 acres. The highest part of the territory is in the middle of the island, and exhibits the appearance of a saddle. When first explored, it was called "High Island," its shore being bold, with high, steep cliifs.

My informant, G. L. Hosmer, says : " The first settlement was made on Merchant's Island, iri 1772, by Anthony Merchant. Kimball's Island was settled during the Revolution, by Seth Webb, a noted hunter, and for whom Webb's pond, in Eastbrook, was named. Great Isle au Haut was settled in 1792, by Peltiah Barter