Great Pond Plantation
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Location: Great Pond, Hancock, Maine, United States
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Great PondGreat Pond is a plantation in Hancock County, organized for election purposes on October 26, 1840 from township T33, MD, BPP. Its organization was reconfirmed on March 5, 1895.
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| Date | Designation | Note |
| -1534 | name unknown | Wabanaki peoples - the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes |
| 1534-1760 | Nouvelle France | Under French control, no known European settlers |
| 1765 | unorganized territory Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay | Britain takes control of the area |
| 1776 | unorganized territory Lincoln, Massachusetts | America declarers independence from Britain July 4, 1776 |
| 1786 | Plantation 33, Lincoln, Massachusetts | Bingham's Land Lottery Township 33 Middle Division Bingham's Penobscot Purchase. T33 MD |
| 1789 | Township 33, Hancock, Massachusetts | Hancock County is formed June 25, 1789 |
| 1820 | Township 33, Hancock, Maine | Maine becomes the 23 state March 15, 1820 |
| 1840 | Township 33 Hancock, Maine | Great Pond, organized for election purposes October 26, 1840 |
| 1895 | Great Pond, Hancock, Maine | organization was reconfirmed |
| 1969 | Great Pond Plantation, Hancock, Maine | Name changed to Great Pond Plantation |
| 1981 | Great Pond Plantation, Hancock, Maine | Great Pond was formally incorporated as a plantation on April 1, 1981 |
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Villages, Locations and Settlements
| Villages, Locations and Settlements | Settler/Namesake/Note |
| Dow Pines | |
| Great Pond |
Historical Names
Pioneer Settlers
| Pioneer Settler | Arrival Year |
|---|---|
| John Collar (1768-1854) | 1810 +/- |
| Joshua Williams (1747-1833) | |
| Samuel Colson Archer (1819-1865) |
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Stories
From Maine An Encyclopedia[1]:
Great Pond is a plantation in Hancock County, organized for election purposes on October 26, 1840 from township T33, MD, BPP. Its organization was reconfirmed on March 5, 1895. It was formally incorporated as a plantation on April 1, 1981. The main village is small and in the southern part of the township about a mile south of Great Pond, at the junction of the Great Pond Road and Alligator Road. The town office, an old church, and a few houses are there.
On March 17, 1921, the Maine Legislature approved “An Act to Incorporate the Great Pond Railway Company.” The corporation was authorized to construct and operate a railroad of standard gauge, about sixteen miles in length, for the transport of freight and forest products only, commencing at and connecting with the Maine Central Railroad at some convenient point in the town of Milford . . . and extending in an easterly direction by the most feasible route, about sixteen miles in an easterly direction to some point in Plantation Number thirty-three, also called Great Pond Plantation.
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