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[WEL-ing-tun] is a town in Piscataquis County, settled in 1814 and incorporated on February 23, 1828 from the township T3 R1 BKP, WKR.
In 1885 it ceded some land to the Somerset County town of Cambridge.
Named for the Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, this small town has a history of lumbering and farming.
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1839 - Wellington
Wellington, Maine
Piscataquis county. Wellington is bounded E. by Parkman, S. by Harmony, and W. by Brighton. It is watered by one of the head branches of Sebasticook river and lies about 22 miles N. by E. from Skowhegan. A part of the town is elevated, but its surface, generally, is undulating, with a productive soil. Population, 1837, 721. Wheat crop, same year, 4,290.
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
Wellington, Maine
Piscataquis county. Wellington is bounded E. by Parkman, S. by Harmony, and W. by Brighton. It is watered by one of the head branches of Sebasticook river and lies about 22 miles N. by E. from Skowhegan. A part of the town is elevated, but its surface, generally, is undulating, with a productive soil. Population, 1837, 721. Wheat crop, same year, 4,290.
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 - Wellington
Wellington, a post-township (town) of Piscataquis Co., Me., about 44 miles WNW. of Bangor. Pop. in 1900, 413.
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
Wellington, a post-township (town) of Piscataquis Co., Me., about 44 miles WNW. of Bangor. Pop. in 1900, 413.
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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