List of counties in Maine

There are 16 counties in the U.S. state of Maine

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Song
A song is taught to many elementary school children across the state, entitled the Maine County Song, to aid in memorizing the names of the state's 16 counties. It is sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle.

 Sixteen counties has our state
 Cumberland and Franklin
 Piscataquis and Kennebec
 Oxford, Androscoggin
 Waldo, Washington, and York
 Lincoln, Knox, and Hancock
 Sagadahoc and Somerset
 Aroostook and Penobscot

An alternate version as put forth by the Maine Secretary of State's Kids' Page:

 The sixteen counties in our state
 Are Cumberland and Franklin
 Piscataquis and Somerset
 Aroostook, Androscoggin
 Sagadahoc and Kennebec
 Lincoln, Knox and Hancock
 Waldo, Washington and York
 Oxford and Penobscot

However the traditional version is:

 Sixteen counties in our state
 are Cumberland and Franklin
 Waldo York Piscataquis
 Oxford and Androscoggin
 Washington and Somerset
 Lincoln Knox and Hancock
 Kennebec Sagadahoc
 Aroostook and Penobscot

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