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Pownal, Cumberland, ME
Pownal is a town in Cumberland County, settled in 1680 and incorporated on March 3, 1808 from a portion of Freeport, while Maine was still a part of Massachusetts. It was named for governor Thomas Pownall of Massachusetts. Pownal swapped land with North Yarmouth in 1813 and 1816 to complete its current boundaries.
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- 1808 - Pownal separated from Freeport and became its own town
- 1850 - Population of Pownal - 1,000
http://www.pownalmaine.org/ - 1854 - Pownal
Pownal, a post-township in Cumberland co., Maine, 34 miles S. W. from Augusta. Population, 1074.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1855 - A railroad depot opened in West Pownal
www.pownalmaine.org - 1895 - Pownal
Pow’nal, a post-hamlet in Pownal township, Cumberland co., Me., about 20 miles N. by E. of Portland. It has a church. Pop. of the township, 981.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott - 1906
Pownal, a post-village in Pownal township (town), Cumberland co., Me., 19 miles N. by E. of Portland, on the Grand Trunk R. Pop. of the town in 1900, ...Read MORE... 
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Valley Farm, Maine School for Feeble Minded, West Pownal, Maine
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1808 - Pownal separated from Freeport and became its own town
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1850 - Population of Pownal - 1,000
http://www.pownalmaine.org/
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1854 - Pownal
Pownal, a post-township in Cumberland co., Maine, 34 miles S. W. from Augusta. Population, 1074.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1855 - A railroad depot opened in West Pownal
www.pownalmaine.org
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1895 - Pownal
Pow’nal, a post-hamlet in Pownal township, Cumberland co., Me., about 20 miles N. by E. of Portland. It has a church. Pop. of the township, 981.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1906
Pownal, a post-village in Pownal township (town), Cumberland co., Me., 19 miles N. by E. of Portland, on the Grand Trunk R. Pop. of the town in 1900, ... Read MORE...
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