Cumberland County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Baldwin 1883
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BALDWIN.

Twenty-nine miles W. N. W. of Portland. On Port. 8c Ogdensburg R. R. Originally
called Flintstown Plantation. First settled in 1735. Incorporated June 23, 1802,
the 136th town, and named in honor of Loammi Baldwin, one of the early settlers.
Lots 20 and 21, in second range East, set off to Sebago Feb. 15, 1871.
Population-1790, 190; 1850, 1100; 1860, 1227; 1870, 1101; 1880, 1123. Valuation,
1860-Polls, 282; Estates, $212,918; 1870-Polls, 292; Estates, $256,225;
1880-Polls, 273; Estates, $312,101.

  Postmasters- West, Stephen Burnell; East, D. T. Richardson: North, John E.
Cartret.

  Selectmen-Frank Brown, Alpheus Wiggins, Oliver Murch.

  Town Clerk-D. T. Richardson.

  Treasurer-Oliver Murch.

  Collector-West, George W. Sanborn.

  Constable-West, Geo. W. Sanborn.

  School Committee-M. C. Dow, Irving S. Chase, Orestes Pierce.

  Clergymen-North and West, H. Chase, Meth.; East, E. T. Pitts (Limington), Cong.

  Physicians-East, James Norton, Lorenzo Norton, All.

  Justices-Josiah P. Chadbourne, Dec. 16, 1881; Isaac W. Dyer, Dec. 28, 1876,
Quorum: Daniel T. Richardson, June 8, 1882; J. H. Milliken, April 16, 1879;
James P. Crawford, April 24, 1879; Orestes Pierce, June 8, 1882, Trial; James
Norton, Dedimus.

  Merchants-West, Stephen Burnell, Lewis A. Warren; East, D. T. Richardson, F.
G. Sawyer; Dexter Burnell, A. Spencer; Station, R. F. Chase, general stores; R.
F. Chase, sale stable.

  Manufacturers-West, Fred. Harding, carriage stuff and scrub-boards; A. N.
Burnell, boards, shingles, staves, &c.; Amos Richardson, cooperage; Israel E.
Richardson, grist mill, shingles, and cooperage; C. F. Noble, Horace M.
Richardson, smiths; R. & N. Sanborn, shingles, staves, and cooperage; P. W.
Binford, wheelwright; George E. Richardson, Aaron Burnell, O. Murch, coopers.
North, Sanborn & Chadbourne, staves; Elijah Weed, smith. East, A. & P. B. Young,
lumber, shingles, and staves; Frank Wood, staves and boxes; Burnham & Morrill,
corn packing.

  Stock Breeding-East, Riverside Farm, C. P. Mattocks, prop., Jersey stock,
Berkshire swine, Cotswold sheep, Collie dogs, Bronze turkeys, Pekin ducks, and
light Brahmas; Saddle Back Farm, Orestes Pierce, prop., Jersey stock.

  Asso'tns-North-P. of H.-Mount Etna, No. 147; West, I. O. G. T.- Great Falls,
Mon.; Juvenile Temple, Excelsior, Sat.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

MAINE STATE YEAR-BOOK,
AND
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL,
FOR THE YEAR
1883-84,
FROM APRIL 1, 1883, TO APRIL 1, 1884,

BY EDMUND S. HOYT.
PREPARED PURSUANT TO ORDERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

PORTLAND: HOYT, FOGG &  DONHAM,
193 MIDDLE STREET.


Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1883, by HOYT, FOGG & DONHAM,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.


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