Horse in a field with windmill in Winter in Cornville (2003)
Location Map for Cornville
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 623 |
| 1980 | 838 |
| 1990 | 1,008 |
| 2000 | 1,208 |
| 2010 | 1,314 |
Population Trend 1800-2010
| Geographic Data | |
|---|---|
| N. Latitude | 44:51:15 |
| W. Longitude | 69:41:15 |
| Maine House | District 118 |
| Maine Senate | District 3 |
| Congress | District 2 |
| Area sq. mi. | (total) 40.7 |
| Area sq. mi. | (land) 40.5 |
| Population/sq.mi. | (land) 29.9 |
County: Somerset
Total=land+water; Land=land only |
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Old Cornville Town Office (2003)
[KORN-vil] is a town in Somerset County, incorporated on February 24, 1798 from the unorganized township of T2 R1, N.P.C., E.K.R.
After acquiring the “Mile and a half Strip” in 1807, it conceded land in several transactions in the 1830’s to Milburn to reach its current boundaries.
Originally called Bernadstown No. 3 after Moses Bernard who purchased it from Massachusetts, it gained its permanent name from the richness and productivity of its soil, especially for Indian corn.
Early white settlers arrived in the mid-1790’s, attracted by the ability to purchase large tracts of land in the Maine wilderness.
By the dawn of the nineteenth century, several mills and a tannery were established on the Wesserunset River. Now know as Wesserunsett Stream, it runs along the eastern part of the town, emptying into the Kennebec River at Skowhegan.
Cornville Town Hall (2003)
North Cornville Ladies Aid (’03)
A small building is the headquarters of the quaintly named “North Cornville Ladies Aid, inc. 1911.” North of Skowhegan on Maine Route 150, Cornville is a growing community in a rural setting. Just off Route 150 on the Revere School Road is the old Revere School Building. Apparently once a one-room school, it has been very well preserved.
Old Revere School in Cornville (2019)
Old Revere School in Cornville (2019)
It is home to Nelson’s Candies, on the West Ridge Road.
Also it is the home town of former long-time State Senator, candidate for governor in the 2010 Republican primary, and Executive Director of the Maine Turnpike Authority, Peter Mills.
House on the Oxbow Road (2004)
Christmas Tree Farm (2004)
Poet Holman Day had some fun with an imaginary local resident in “The Ballard of Doc Pluff.”
Doctor Pluff, who lived in Cornville, he was hearty, brisk and bluff,
Didn’t have much extry knowledge, but in some ways knowed enough;
Knowed enough to doctor hosses, cows an’ dogs an’ hens an’ sheep,
When he come to doctor humans, wal, he wasn’t quite so deep.
Still, he kind o’ got ambitious, an’ he went an’ stubbed his toe,
When he tried to tackle subjects that he really didn’t know.
(1st of 10 stanzas, Pine Tree Ballads, p. 181)
Old East Ridge Church and Cemetery (2019)
Old East Ridge Church in Cornville (2019)
Interior of Old East Ridge Church in Cornville
Interior of Old East Ridge Church in Cornville
Bridge over Wesserunsett Stream at the Huff Road and Town Farm Road (2019)
Wesserunsett Downstream at the Huff Road (2019)
Form of Government: Town Meeting-Select Board.
Additional resources
Amazeen, Laurence. Some Cornville History. (between 1990 and 1998) [Maine State Library]
Weston, Samuel. Samuel Weston’s Field Book, Jan. 1791: of the survey of three townships on the east side of Kennebec River, viz, no. 1, 1st range, now Madison, no. 2, 1st range, now Cornville, no. 1, 2nd range, now Solon : to which is added the survey of the settlers lots. (transcribed by John E. Leland) Madison, Me. J.E. Leland. 2002.