Cemeteries in East Stoneham, Maine

Private Cemeteries in East Stoneham, Maine often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in East Stoneham, Maine are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in East Stoneham, Maine are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

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Stoneham was first settled about 1645 as a quiet farming community known as Charlestown End. In 1725, it was incorporated as a separate town with the center located at the present Pleasant and Summer Streets intersection.

Kittery, notable for its long tradition of shipbuilding and commerce, is the oldest incorporated town in Maine. Before English settlers arrived in what is now Kittery in 1623, the area was known to Native Americans as Amiciskeag, according to a town history written by D. Allan Kerr and shared on the town website.

On January 30, 1789, the town was incorporated as Blue Hill, named after its commanding summit overlooking the region. The outlets of various ponds provided water power for several sawmills and gristmills.

York was first settled by the province of Maine's first governor, Edward Godfrey, in 1630. Over the course of the next 20 years, the settlement would grow into a town with a population of around 200. Before it was named York, it was called Agamenticus, which was what the Abenaki people called the York River.

Maine statehood The Massachusetts General Court passed enabling legislation on June 19, 1819 separating the District of Maine from the rest of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The following month, on July 26, voters in the district approved statehood by 17,091 to 7,132.

On January 30, 1789, the town was incorporated as Blue Hill, named after its commanding summit overlooking the region. The outlets of various ponds provided water power for several sawmills and gristmills.

Bangor arose as a lumbering boom-town in the 1830s, and a potential demographic and political rival to Portland. Bangor became for a time the largest lumber port in the world, and the site of furious land speculation that extended up the Penobscot River valley and beyond.