Waldo County, Maine Gen Web Site

SEARSMONT, MAINE

• Early Settlement*

This town originally formed a part of the Waldo Patent.  Later, it became the property of Sears, Thorndike and Prescott, wealthy Bostonians, and large proprietors of lands in this region.  The first settlement was made in 1804, and the township was surveyed in 1809.  It was incorporated February 5th, 1814, taking the name of the chief proprietor.  

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

• Church History of Searsmont, Maine

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