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York County, Maine (U.S.)

image by Jens Pattke, 4 December 2019

The flag image on seal
County seal
Sheriff's office

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- indicates it is reported that there is no known flag.

Municipal flags in York County:

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The flag image on seal

image by Dave Martucci, 11 July 2010

Although York County, Maine does not have an official flag, an often-used unofficial seal incorporates a shield in the center that bears a cross with a pine tree in the canton. You will probably recognize this as the jack of the first New England flag used from 1686 to about 1707 or later.

On August 5, 1902 the Town of York celebrated the 250th anniversary of the incorporation of York County (and of the establishment of the Town by the same name). According to "Agamenticus, Bristol, Gorgeana, York -- An Oration Delivered by the Hon. James Phinney Baxter, President of the Maine Historical Society" (published by the Old York Historical and Improvement Society, York, Maine; 1905), pp 4-5, "Hotels, private residences, and stores along the route of the procession, and as far as York Corner, were appropriately, and in many instances elaborately, decorated with flags and bunting, amid which could frequently be discerned the restored first ensign of New England, showing the red cross and the pine tree. Few, indeed, were the buildings along the four miles of highway traversed which did not have some color in honor of the day.
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On this day was hoisted over the Old Jail [known today as the "Old Gaol"] the flag designed after the ancient flag of New England, bearing the red cross and the pine tree."

I have seen this flag fly in York, Maine. Since the County and the Town are so closely identified, it is hard to tell which entity is intended to be symbolized. Probably both.

Dave Martucci, 11 July 2010

York County, Maine has a flag. It is white and bears a green seal in the center. The seal shows a variant of the New England flag that was used between 1680 and 1707. Reference: https://www.yorkcountymaine.gov/human-resources?lightbox=dataItem-ip4psbhj

Jens Pattke, 4 December 2019

County Seal

located by Paul Bassinson, 10 July 2018
Image obtained from www.yorkcountyme.gov

Sheriff's office

image located by Paul Bassinson, 18 May 2021

Image of the flag of the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office obtained from https://www.facebook.com/York-County-Sheriffs-Office-Maine-453858641361278/photos/1604397089640755
Paul Bassinson, 18 May 2021

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