Woodville

[WOOD-vil] is a town in northern Penobscot County, incorporated on February 28, 1895 from Woodville Plantation, which had been organized for election purposes as early as 1854 and as a local governing plantation in 1860. Its population in 1880 was 223, not much different from its recent totals.

Prior to 1854 it was known as Indian Township Number 2. Its final name reflects the wooded nature of its surroundings. The town dominates the west side of the great bend in the Penobscot River just south of Medway where the East and West branches combine. Maine Route 116 leaves the River in Chester and cuts through Medway to Woodville, where Route 116 shares its name with the Woodville Road. The Road runs south through the middle of the township, returning to Chester just beyond South Woodville where the Town Office sits.

An informal village of well kept houses in Medway is on the north section of the Woodville Road Route 116.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Few houses are to be seen in the middle and lower parts of the town. where the Penobscot River is beyond the forested area near Route 116.

An exception is a small settlement with groomed lawns providing the view at left. The small house here is in the very small village of South Woodville.

Form of Government: Town Meeting-Select Board.

Additional resources

Chadbourne, Ava Harriet. Maine Place Names and The Peopling of its Towns.