Gazetteer of the State of Maine With Numerous Illustrations, by Geo. J. Varney
BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY B. B. RUSSELL, 57 CORNHILL. 1882. Public domain image from
400 GAZETTEER OF MAINE.
Northfield wrns incorporated March 21, 1838. It was originally No. 24 in Binghams Penobscot purchase. The town sent 22 men into the army of the Union in the war of the rebellion,—of whom 9 were lost. Three of its inhabitants are above 80 years of age. The neigh- borhood library here contains 117 volumes. There is a Methodist society in the town, and the Congregationalists have a church edifice. The number of public schoolhouses is 3,—valued, with land, at $600. The population in 1870 was 190. In 1880 it was 161. The valuation in 1870 was $52,947. In 1880 it was $33,311. The rate of taxation in the latter year was 3f per cent.
North Haven, in Knox county, is situated at the entrance of Penobscot Bay, 12 miles east of Rockland. In consists of an island about 8 miles long and from 4 to 5 wide. The town was formerly a part of Vinalhaven, from which it is separated by a strait, or thorough- fare, about 1 mile in width. It is the north Fox Island, and was incorporated by the name of Fox Island m 1846. The name was changed to the present one in 1847.
Thomas Pond, the only considerable sheet of fresh 'water, is 1 mile long and 1|- mile wide. There is one saw mill carried by tide power. The hills are Mount Nebo and Pigeon Hill, each having a height of about 700 feet. The surface of the town is not greatly varied in elevation. The soil is gravelly. The bed rock is of a black color. Fishing and farming are the principal occupations. Watermans Iron Spring on this island has some celebrity. There are four small villages and one post-office. E. P. Mayo of the Somerset Reporter is a native here.
The Baptists have the only church edifice on the island. The town has a library of 200 volumes. The number of public schools is 6, and the school property is valued at $2,500. The valuation of estates in 1870 was $152,594. In 1880, it was $151,652. The rate of taxation in the latter year was 2 and 1 tenth cents on the dollar. The popu- lation in 1870 was 806. In 1880 it was 755.
Northport, in Waldo County, lies on the west side of Pen- obscot Bay, and adjoins Belfast on the south. Lincolnville bounds it on the south-west, and a portion of Belmont, is in contact with it on the north-west. The town projects somewhat more than its neighbors into the bay, and its eastern part, therefore, enjoys more of the cool sea-breezes. There are 9 miles of sea-coast, and the width of the town is about 4 miles. There are many hills,—Temperance, Nudgetts, Birds, etc. Mount Percival, with two peaks 400 and 600 feet in height respectively, affords fine views of the bay. Spruce Head, pro- jecting into the bay on the south, is a noticeable point from passing vessels. There are 3 small villages, all on the coast. Browns Corner occupies a cove near the northern line of the town, and Saturday Cove is a pleasant little village in the more southern part. It has its name from the landing here on Saturday, it is said, of a com- pany of the early settlers of Belfast. Wesleyan Camp Ground is a picturesque collection of summer cottages in a pretty grove on a projecting portion of the shore, about half a mile south of Browns Corner. Formerly the people who met here in their annual camp meetings lived in canvas tents, but gradually they began to build cot-
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