New Limerick

Cottages in New Limerick at Nickerson Lake (2012)

Location Map for New Limerick

Year	Population
1970	427
1980	513
1990	524
2000	523
2010	510

Population Trend 1820-2010

Geographic Data
N. Latitude	46:07:05
W. Longitude	67:57:58
Maine House	District 145
Maine Senate	District 2
Congress	District 2
Area sq. mi.	(total) 19.5
Area sq. mi.	(land) 18.5
Population/sq.mi.	(land) 27.6
County: Aroostook Total=land+water; Land=land only

[LIM-ehr-ihk] is a town in Aroostook County, settled in 1775 and incorporated on March 18, 1837 from New Limerick Plantation.

It received it name from the fact that many of its settlers had previously lived in Limerick in York County at the southern end of the state.

“Watson Farms” Barn (2012) @

Landscape on County Rd (2012) @

In the 1880’s the town had a large tannery, two saw mills, and a starch factory. It has frontage on Drew and Nickerson lakes, along with a half-dozen small ponds.

Cameron’s Market on the County Road (2003)

Veterans Memorial (2003)

New Limerick across Nickerson Lake (2012) @

The main village of the town, just west of Houlton, nearly surrounds Nickerson Lake, which it shares with Linneus, in the southeast portion of this half-township. The Meduxnekeag Lake is the source of the river by the same name, which flows eastward through the town to Houlton.

New Limerick is the birthplace of Dora Pinkham, the first woman to served in the Maine Legislature.

Farm with Productive Garden (2012) @

U.S. Route 2, known as the “County Road,” runs west from Houlton through New Limerick on its way to Smyrna Mills.

The town is home to the Shakaree Deer Farm, where people pay to “hunt” the deer within the confines of the property.

Form of Government: Town Meeting-Select Board-Manager.

Shakaree Red Deer Farm on Cunliffe Road (2003)

Shakaree Red Deer Farm on Cunliffe Road (2003)

Additional resources

Varney, George J. A Gazetteer of the State of Maine. 1881. p. 387-388.