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Athens, Somerset, ME
Settled by Revolutionary War soldiers, this town in Somerset County was, incorporated on March 7, 1804. In 1821 it annexed land from Hartland, and later from Brighton in 1838 and 1862.
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- 1854 - Athens
Athens, a post-township of Somerset county, Maine, 45 miles N. of Augusta, intersected by a branch of the Kennebec river. Population. 1460.
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. - 1895 - Athens
Athens, a post-hamlet of Somerset co., Me., in Athens township, about 50 miles N. of Augusta, on an affluent of the Kennebec River. It has a church...Read MORE... 
Governor's Day at Fair Grounds, Athens, Me.
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The Ware Homestead (1907)
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I. O. O. F. Hall and Fair Grounds, Athens, Me.
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Athens, a post-hamlet of Somerset co., Me., in Athens township (town), about 50 miles N. of Augusta, on an affluent of the Kennebec River. Pop. of...Read MORE...
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Governor's Day at Fair Grounds, Athens, Me.
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I. O. O. F. Hall and Fair Grounds, Athens, Me.
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1854 - Athens
Athens, a post-township of Somerset county, Maine, 45 miles N. of Augusta, intersected by a branch of the Kennebec river. Population. 1460.
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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1895 - Athens
Athens, a post-hamlet of Somerset co., Me., in Athens township, about 50 miles N. of Augusta, on an affluent of the Kennebec River. It has a church... Read MORE...
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Athens, a post-hamlet of Somerset co., Me., in Athens township (town), about 50 miles N. of Augusta, on an affluent of the Kennebec River. Pop. of... Read MORE...
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