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

List

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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:

List of counties in Maine

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:

List of counties in Maine

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

References

Maine

List of counties in Maine