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History of Brighton, Maine, USA
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(Brighton Plantation)*
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Brighton Plantation is a former town, now a Maine plantation in the forests of Somerset County. Its name was changed from North Hill to Brighton in 1827. Brighton surrendered its town status in 1895 when it became a plantation. Brighton set off some of its land to Athens in 1838 and 1862.
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View of Brighton, Me., 1908
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1839 - Brighton
Brighton, Maine
This town is situated in the county of Somerset, and bounded by Athens on the S. It was incorporated in 1816, and is 120 miles N.N.W. from Portland, 50 N. from Augusta, and about 30 W. from Dover. Population, 1837, 798. The same year it produced 5,203 bushels of wheat.
The New England Gazetteer containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands and fashionable resorts within that territory. By John Hayward, author of the Columbian Traveller, Religious Creeds, &c. &c. Boston: John Hayward. Boyd & White, Concord, N.H. 1839
Brighton, Maine
This town is situated in the county of Somerset, and bounded by Athens on the S. It was incorporated in 1816, and is 120 miles N.N.W. from Portland, 50 N. from Augusta, and about 30 W. from Dover. Population, 1837, 798. The same year it produced 5,203 bushels of wheat.
The New England Gazetteer containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands and fashionable resorts within that territory. By John Hayward, author of the Columbian Traveller, Religious Creeds, &c. &c. Boston: John Hayward. Boyd & White, Concord, N.H. 1839
1906 - Brighton
Brighton, a post-township (plantation) of Somerset co., Me., about 56 miles N. of Augusta. Pop. in 1900, 368.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
Brighton, a post-township (plantation) of Somerset co., Me., about 56 miles N. of Augusta. Pop. in 1900, 368.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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