Sandy Bay is about seven miles north of Jackman Village on U.S. Route 201 and Maine Route 6 through Dennistown Plantation. From its township line beyond Dennistown, the two Routes continue northwest for about ten miles to the Canadian Border and customs facilities. The South Branch of the Penobscot River begins here, trending east through…
This township is just north of Millinocket on the Millinocket Lake Road, which trends northwest from Millinocket to the Lake and a boat launch. Millinocket Stream, the outlet from the Lake, flows south through the township to the Town of Millinocket. Smith Brook, the outlet for the 22 acre Little Smith Pond, flows through a…
With a long expanse on the southwest shore of Moosehead Lake, the Township stretches from the East Outlet of the Lake, the source of the Kennebec River, to the outskirts of Greenville on the combined Route 6 and 15. The Kennebec in the north moves through the long stretch of Indian Pond,…
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This small, irregular sized township is on Route 156 between Wilton and Weld in Franklin County. Not to be confused with Perkins Township on Swan Island in Sagadahoc County. Hills Pond, north of Bald Mountain, has no inlets, but an outlet flows south forming the headwaters of Wilson Stream. Water quality is marginal for cold…
Orneville, east of Lagrange, is heavily forested. It has one small village, Boyd Lake, on Route 6/16 near Boyd Lake itself. Maine combined Routes 6/16 in the east and Route 11 in the west and a short stretch of Route 155 between Bradford and Lagrange in the southeast are the major improved roads on the…
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This township has over six miles of of the east shoreline on Moxie Pond (Somerset County). The 2370-acre pond has a maximum depth of 50 feet. The pond is located east of Mosquito Mountain. Many small inlets enter from the east and west sides of the pond. Its outlet, Moxie Stream, exits the north end…
This island group township in Knox County is just offshore from South Thomaston in the Gulf of Maine. Its more than a dozen islands includes the larger Andrews, Dix, Fisherman and Pleasant. [click images to enlarge and clarify, for these and all others] The “shoals” refer to ledges and reefs that threaten safe passage. Otter…
Peddle, Charles “Chuck” Ingerham (1937-2019) was an inventor electrical engineer, best known for the microprocessor that sparked a boom in personal computer industry in the 1970s. Born in Bangor, he earned an engineering degree from the University of Maine in 1960, after a stint in the Marine Corps. In the 1970s he developed several computer…
National Register of Historic Places – Listings Photos, and edited text are from nominations to the National Register of Historic Places researched by Maine. Historic Preservation Commission. Full text and photos are at https://npgallery.nps.gov/nrhp Bath Historic District [Roughly bounded by High, Beacon, and Court Streets, U.S. 1 and Kennebec River] In this area Bath’s prospering…
Year Population 1970 1,148 1980 1,397 1990 1,476 2000 1,616 2010 1,607 Geographic Data N. Latitude 45:15:56 W. Longitude 68:35:39 Maine House District 142 Maine Senate District 5 Congress District 2 Area sq. mi. (total) 33.2 Area sq. mi. (land) 27.9 Population/sq.mi. (land) 57.6 County: Penobscot Total=land+water; Land=land only [EN-field] is a town in Penobscot…
Year Population 1970 9,300 1980 9,017 1990 9,021 2000 8,987 2010 9,482 Geographic Data N. Latitude 44:46:44 W. Longitude 69:25:29 Maine House Dists 128,129 Maine Senate District 8 Congress District 2 Area sq. mi. (total) 15.6 Area sq. mi. (land) 15.1 Population/sq.mi. (land) 628.0 County: Penobscot Total=land+water; Land=land only Brewer is a city in Penobscot…