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Williamsburg is an extinct plantation, and extinct town, now an unorganized territory (township) in the Northeast Piscataquis townships in Piscataquis County, Maine. The plantation was created early from Township 6 Eighth Range North of the Waldo Purchase in what was then Hancock County (now Piscataquis County). The town was organized from the plantation of the same name in 1820. Williamsburg set off land to form Barnard in 1834. Williamsburg's town incorporation was surrendered and its status was changed to unorganized territory in 1939.
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1839 - Williamsburgh
Williamsburgh, Maine
Piscataquis county. This town was incorporated in 1820. In 1834 the easterly part of the town was set off and called Barnard; this fact was unknown to the editor when the first pages of this edition were printed.
The lands in Williamsburgh and Barnard are undulating, heavily wooded, with a fertile soil. The population of Williamsburgh, in 1837, was 120.
Williamsburgh and Barnard are at present but thinly settled; but in consequence of a vast body of slate for roofing houses and other purposes being found within their limits, the lands within these towns must enhance in value and increase in population. These quarries are common to both towns; they lie at an elevation of from 150 to 200 feet above Pleasant river, a branch of the Penobscot, which passes their northern and eastern borders, about two miles distant.
These quarries are inexhaustible in quantity, and are stated to be fully equal to the celebrated Welsh slate. They are situated 40 miles N. from...
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Piscataquis county. This town was incorporated in 1820. In 1834 the easterly part of the town was set off and called Barnard; this fact was unknown to the editor when the first pages of this edition were printed.
The lands in Williamsburgh and Barnard are undulating, heavily wooded, with a fertile soil. The population of Williamsburgh, in 1837, was 120.
Williamsburgh and Barnard are at present but thinly settled; but in consequence of a vast body of slate for roofing houses and other purposes being found within their limits, the lands within these towns must enhance in value and increase in population. These quarries are common to both towns; they lie at an elevation of from 150 to 200 feet above Pleasant river, a branch of the Penobscot, which passes their northern and eastern borders, about two miles distant.
These quarries are inexhaustible in quantity, and are stated to be fully equal to the celebrated Welsh slate. They are situated 40 miles N. from...
1906 - Williamsburg
Williamsburg, a township (town) of Piscataquis co., Me. Pop. in 1900, 117.
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