Verona Island is a town in Hancock County, incorporated on February 18, 1861 from Wetmore Isle Plantation , and takes its name from that of an Italian city.
- ?? Isle of Lett
- 1770 Orphan Isle (heirs of Brigadier General Waldo)
- 1839 it became the plantation of Wetmore Isle (William Wetmore)
- February 18, 1861 incorporated as Verona
- March 27, 2004 name changed to Verona Island
Names Places Other names
- Verona Park
- Part of the Waldo Patent (Muscongus Patent)
- Nalagwemmenahen
- Ahlurmehsic
- Island of Lett
- Penobscot Island
- Buckstown Island
- Orphan Island - because it was all that General Henry Knox had to bequeath to his orphaned grandchildren.
- Wetmore Island
- Verona Island
A Survey of Hancock County, Maine By Samuel Wasson 1876:
Verona.—Incorporated (28 town) February 11, 1861. Area, 5,600 acres. Population, 352. Wealth, per capita, $160. First mentioned as the Island of Lett. Prior to incorporation was known as Orphan Island and Wetmore Isle. It was formerly a part of Prospect, and for many years a part of Bucksport. It originally belonged to the "Waldo Patent." Fell into the possession of an orphan girl, hence the name of Orphan island. It was finally purchased by Wetmore. In 1763, there were three families on this island, and not a settler above there on the river. Verona was named for a town in Italy, on the Po river. State valuation, $51,075. U. S. valuation, $72,348.
Union soldiers, 19. State aid, $1,621. Town bounty, $7,309. Cost per recruit, $438.