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Penobscot County

county in Maine, United States
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Summary

Penobscot County is a county of Maine[1]. It draws 1,061 Wikipedia views per month (county of maine category, ranking #4 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maine[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Bangor[5]
  • Shares border with: Piscataquis County[6], Aroostook County[7], Washington County[8], Hancock County[9], Waldo County[10], Somerset County[11]
  • Named after: Penobscot Nation[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Alton[13], Argyle[14], Bangor[15], Bradford[16], Bradley[17], Brewer[18], Burlington[19], Carmel[20], Carroll Plantation[21], Charleston[22], Chester[23], Clifton[24], Corinna[25], Corinth[26]

Why It Matters

Penobscot County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Maine United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Penobscot County. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/penobscot-county
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Penobscot County, M
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Penobscot County, Maine.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidenti"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00161975
    Taxonomicon id → 1806048
    Umls cui → C3828612
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Penobscot County, Maine
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Alton, Argyle, Bangor +64
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 45.171928, 'longitude': -68.722466}
    Population → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C108874, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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