Keywords: small town
Item 18722
Modern rendering of John Small's map of Falmouth, 1753
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1753 Location: Falmouth Media: Map, ink on paper
Item 12629
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1738-01-09 Location: Phippsburg; Phippsburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 111983
Buckfield Library, Buckfield, 1900-1906
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1906 Location: Buckfield Client: John D. Long Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest
Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.
Exhibit
A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915
After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History
"While the region retains its rural small-town nature, inhabitants can much more easily commute to jobs in those cities and even Portland to the south."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us
"A small group of dedicated volunteers and professionals was formed, who could bring an array of different backgrounds and specialties to the project."
Story
A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith
Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.
Story
Too Small to Have a Town Drunk
by Scott Maker
Vignettes from Downeast Maine
