Norridgewock is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,278 at the 2020 census. Situated on the New England and Acadia border...
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Norridgewock is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Norridgewock in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,351 at the...
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Norridgewock (Abenaki: Nanrantsouak) was the name of both an Indigenous village and a band of the Abenaki ("People of the Dawn") Native Americans/First...
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Central Maine Airport of Norridgewock (IATA: OWK, ICAO: KOWK, FAA LID: OWK) is a public use airport in Somerset County, Maine, United States. It is owned...
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the Abenaki village of Narantsouak, or Norridgewock, on the Kennebec River; the current town of Norridgewock, Maine developed near there. The village was...
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Madison (formerly Norridgewock) is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,726 at the 2020 census. The area was once territory...
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Sébastien Rale (category People from Norridgewock, Maine)
Kaskaskia. In 1694, Rale was sent to direct the Abenaki mission at Norridgewock, Maine on the Kennebec River. He made his headquarters there and erected...
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in Norridgewock, Maine, also known as Somerset Grange #18, is a historic community building at Main Street and Mercer Road in Norridgewock, Maine. Originally...
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The Norridgewock Free Public Library is the principal public library of Norridgewock, Maine. It has two facilities: the main branch at 40 Mercer Road...
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severe defeats, particularly during Dummer's War, with the capture of Norridgewock in 1724 and the defeat of the Pequawket in 1725, which significantly...
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Orrington – 3,812 Dexter – 3,803 Fryeburg – 3,369 Fort Fairfield – 3,322 Norridgewock – 3,278 Holden – 3,277 Belgrade – 3,250 Newport – 3,133 Mechanic Falls...
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reserve, is an enclave within the town of Bécancour. They arrived from Norridgewock, Maine (formerly Acadia) in the aftermath of Father Rale's War. There was...
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George L. Parker, an early settler who had come to the area from Norridgewock, Maine. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a...
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Stephen Lindsey (category People from Norridgewock, Maine)
1878 and served from 1877 to 1883. Stephen D. Lindsey was born in Norridgewock, Maine, on March 3, 1828, the son of schoolteacher Melzar Lindsey and Melinda...
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Lucy Taylor [12 children] (134363) Amasa Bixby (1794-1872) born in Norridgewock, Maine; m. Fanny Weston (1794?-1869); [13 children] Llewellyn Bixby (1825-96)...
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settlement, this region of Maine was the territory of the Kinipekw (later known as Kennebec) Norridgewock tribe of Abenaki. The Norridgewock village was located...
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States Route 2), just west of its junction with Upper Main Street in Norridgewock, Maine. Its Greek Revival building was built in 1837, when the school was...
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U.S. Route 201 (redirect from U.S. Route 201 (Maine))
former alignment designated US 201A runs through the towns of Madison and Norridgewock. US 201 follows old river trading routes of the Abenaki people. Parts...
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Charles Henry Sawyer (photographer) (category Painters from Maine)
States. Charles H. Sawyer was born on March 24, 1868, probably in Norridgewock, Maine, the third son of Henry K. Sawyer, who ran a hotel and livery stable...
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hostility toward British settlements was located further up the Kennebec at Norridgewock. In 1722, the tribe and its allies attacked Fort Richmond (now Richmond)...
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Plymouth Gore, it was settled in 1794 by Moses Martin and his family from Norridgewock. In 1815, the town was organized as the Plantation of Sebasticook, but...
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Maine is a state located in the Northeastern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, Maine is the 9th least populous state, with 1...
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Sophie May House (category Norridgewock, Maine)
The Sophie May House is a historic house on Sophie May Lane in Norridgewock, Maine. Built in 1845, it is an excellent local example of Greek Revival architecture...
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Andrew Ketterer (category People from Norridgewock, Maine)
politician from Maine. Ketterer, a Democrat, serve two terms (1990-1994) in the Maine House of Representatives from Norridgewock, Maine. After not seeking...
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Dummer's War (category Pre-statehood history of Maine)
: 88, 97 The French built a church in the Abenaki village of Norridgewock in Madison, Maine on the Kennebec River, maintained a mission at Penobscot on...
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and other provocations, soldiers destroyed the Abenaki stronghold of Norridgewock in 1724. During the French and Indian War, to avenge the fall of Louisbourg...
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Harold Alfond (category Businesspeople from Maine)
superintendent. In 1940, Alfond and his father bought a shoe factory in Norridgewock, Maine, and founded Norrwock Shoe Company. They sold the company to Shoe...
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falls. But during Dummer's War on July 13, 1722, Abenaki warriors from Norridgewock burned the village. Consequently, Governor Samuel Shute declared war...
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killed by a New England force in 1724 at Norridgewock, which led to the collapse of French claims to Maine. During King George's War, members of the...
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Interstate 95 Maine State Route 6 Maine State Route 8 Maine State Route 11 Maine State Route 15 Maine State Route 16 Maine State Route 27 Maine State Route...
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