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PROSPECT, MAINE

• Early Settlement*

Prospect is 14 miles north-east of Belfast and Bangor stage-line. This town was incorporated February 24, 1794. The name was suggested by its beautiful views. As incorporated, it was about 17 miles in length from north to south. In 1845 a large proportion of the town on the west and south-west was set off from Searsport; and in 1857 Stockton was formed from the southern portion of the remaining territory.

* From "A Gazetteer of the State Of Maine" by George Varney published in 1886 as excerpted from Ray's Place

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