Formed March 23, 1838 (11th county)
Piscataquis County (16,799), Dover-Foxcroft* (2,776)
The 1845 red brick Victorian courthouse is on Main Street at Court Street. Maine State Highway 15 is Main Street in this part of the town. T. H. Chamberlain provided the original courthouse designs. The building was extensively remodeled in 1886 and renovated in 1975. The structure was enlarged in 1956 and 2012. The county name is Native American for “branch of the river.” The county seat is the merger of the two towns. Dover is named for Dover, England and Foxcroft is named for a settler. The county was created on March 23, 1838 from parts of Penobscot and Somerset counties as the 11th county. Dover was the county seat until merging with Foxcroft to form Dover-Foxcroft.
Piscataquis Couty government consists of an administrator, a sheriff, a treasurer, and a coroner (executive). It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.) One District Court Judge, One Superior Court Judge, One Probate Court Judge and a court clerk serve Piscataquis County (judicial.) It is located in central Maine. The geographical center of Maine is 18 miles north of Dover-Foxcroft in the county. Bangor, Maine is south and Portland, Maine is southwest of the county. The county center is 56.9 miles North of Dover-Foxcroft nearer Millinocket. The county is surrounded clockwise by Aroostook, Penobscot, and Somerset counties.
The area of the county is 4377 square miles. It is 2 out of 16 in the state. It ranks 16 out of 16 in population in the state. It has a density of 3.8 persons per square mile making it 16 out of 16 in the state. Piscataquis County has 0.0% of its population in its incorporated areas since there are no incorporated cities. There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county. The highest point in Maine, Mount Katahdin, is in the county. The county is an overall rectangle. Dover-Foxcroft is in the extreme southern part of the county. Dover-Foxcroft is the county seat and the largest populated area. It is 16.5% of the county population. The county is pronounced PIS-KA-TA-KEE.
Dover-Foxcroft (unincorporated)
