Somerset County, Maine
Somerset County · Skowhegan is the shire · Madison holds the house · north woods are this map
Skowhegan is the shire. Madison is the jail town.
Somerset is a geographic county whose county government still sits. Voters elect commissioners, a Sheriff, treasurer, and deeds. SOS footnote 7: county offices except the District Attorney run nonpartisan and appear on the November card only. Jackman, Bingham, Madison, Pittsfield, Fairfield — this map. Augusta is Kennebec. Farmington is Franklin.
This page is Side One. The Sheriff’s job is taught at Office of the Sheriff — Somerset County.
Falls, north woods, a Canadian-adjacent timber line
The Kennebec falls at Skowhegan. Bigelow and the north woods are inland. There is no ocean. Unorganized territory is real.
Sheriff 2026, nonpartisan November card
SOS 27 February 2026 table: Somerset Sheriff 2026. Commissioner District 2 is a 2026 two-year remainder (footnote 8) — not this badge. District 4 prosecutor is shared with Kennebec.
How a falls public reaches Madison Road
Sheriff and jail: 131 E. Madison Road, Madison. Seat remains Skowhegan. Do not file the shire in Madison or the house in Augusta. Official employment pages, not campaign sites.
Custody in Madison, court in Skowhegan, woods rights
Crime and fire are town. Jail is Madison. Civil process is the Sheriff. Remedy for Skowhegan Police is that town. Remedy for a jail issue is Madison Road. Service of a paper is still a person in Jackman in March.
Place snapshot (verify official sources)
- Seat: Skowhegan · Jail/office: 131 E. Madison Road, Madison · Sheriff 2026 · nonpartisan November
- Look up official Somerset County Sheriff site
What this is not
- Not Kennebec. Not Franklin. Not a partisan DA as this badge. Not a campaign flyer.