March 6
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1787 Incorporation of the towns of Limerick and Waterborough 1792 Incorporation of the town of Hebron 1802 Incorporation of…
March 5
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1785 Incorporation of the town of Shapleigh 1805 Oxford County established 1880 Incorporation of the towns of Mapleton and…
March 4
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1808 Incorporation of the town of Freeman, now a township in Franklin County. 1809 Incorporation of the town of Jonesborough, now Jonesboro 1831…
March 3
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1808 Incorporation of the town of Pownal 1809 Incorporation of the town of Malta, now Windsor 1855 Incorporation of the town of Morrill…
March 2
March 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1797 Incorporation of the town of Waterford 1841 Incorporation of the town of Arrowsic 1858 Incorporation of the…
March 1
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Geogeana (York) is incorporated, by Fernando Gorges, as America’s first city. (see Early Settlement) 1798 Incorporation of the…
February 28
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1795 Incorporation of the towns of Clinton, Fayette, Livermore, and Starks 1807 Incorporation of the town of Dixmont 1812 Incorporation of the town of Sebec…
February 29
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1812 Incorporation of the town of Foxcroft, now part of Dover-Foxcroft 1836 Incorporation of the town of Mariaville 1840 Incorporation of the town of Smithfield…
February 27
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1768 Incorporation of the town of Sanford 1794 Incorporation of the town of Cornish 1795 Incorporation of the town of Steuben 1798 Incorporation of the…
February 26
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1795 Incorporation of the town of Jay 1800 Incorporation of the town of Ellsworth 1813 Incorporation of the town of Sweden…
February 25
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1791 Incorporation of the town of Bangor, now a city 1794 Incorporation of the town of Newfield 1807 Incorporation of the town of Friendship 1808…
February 24
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1794 Incorporation of the towns of Hampden and Prospect 1798 Incorporation of the towns of Eastport (now a city) and Cornville 1807 Incorporation of the…
February 23
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1787 Incorporation of the town of Penobscot 1796 Incorporation of the town of Eden, now Bar Harbor 1809 Incorporation of the town of Solon 1828…
February 22
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1802 Incorporation of the towns of Avon and New Vineyard 1811 Incorporation of the town of Eddington 1812 Incorporation of the towns of Dearborn (now…
February 21
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1800 Incorporation of the towns of Orland and Rumford 1826 Incorporation of the town of Plymouth 1828 Incorporation of the town of Hancock 1838 Congressman…
February 20
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1797 Incorporation of the town of Harrington, changed to “Augusta” on June 9th of the same year 1799 Kennebec County formed from northern Lincoln County.…
February 19
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1798 Incorporation of the town of Otisfield 1818 Incorporation of the town of Swanville 1828 Incorporation of the towns of Bremen and Chandlerville, now Detroit…
Presidential Visits
Presidents of the United States visit many states during their tenures. Maine is no exception. Sometime in 1789 George Washington visited Kittery on a fishing trip. In 1841, recently elected President William Henry Harrison visited Bath and the Clark and Sewall shipyard, where he witnessed the launch of the Rappahannock, at the time the largest…
February 18
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1795 Incorporation of the towns of Lewiston and Litchfield 1802 Incorporation of the town of Minot 1807 Incorporation of the town of Montville 1807 Birth…
February 17
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1781 Incorporation of the town (now city) of Bath 1789 Incorporation of the towns of Durham and Mount Desert 1791 Incorporation of the town of…