Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine Genealogy and History

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Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine
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Welcome to the Town of Pittsfield. Previous designations, Plymouth Gore, Sebasticook, Warsaw. Settled 1794. Organized 1815 as Plymouth Gore. Incorporated June 19, 1819 as Warsaw the 234th town. Parts set off to Twentyfivemile Pond Plantation March 17, 1821 and to Cannan February 9, 1824. Part of Palmyra annexed February 12, 1824. Name changed to Pittsfield February 14, 1824. Part of Palmyra annexed February 23, 1828. Parts set off to Clinton March 6, 1830, to Cannan March 12, 1830 and February 27, 1841. Part of Hartland annexed March 11, 1852. Part of Detroit annexed March 12, 1855. Principal settlement Pittsfield.
Description obtained from "The Length and Breadth of Maine" by Stanley Bearce Attwood.

Major bodies of water include Sebasticook River, Douglas Pond and Sibley Pond.

Pittsfield is bounded on the North by Hartland and Palmyra ; on the East by Palmyra and Detroit ; South by Burnham and Clinton ; West by Cannan

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Created by David Sylvester January, 2005, Updated May 13, 2006

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