Brooksville, Maine
| Brooksville, Maine | |
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View of Buck's Harbor c. 1910
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 Brooksville, Maine
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| Coordinates: 44°20′43″N 68°44′54″W / 44.34528°N 68.74833°WCoordinates: 44°20′43″N 68°44′54″W / 44.34528°N 68.74833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | Hancock |
| Incorporated | 1817 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51.12 sq mi (132.40 km2) |
| • Land | 31.13 sq mi (80.63 km2) |
| • Water | 19.99 sq mi (51.77 km2) |
| Elevation | 131 ft (40 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 934 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 930 |
| • Density | 30.0/sq mi (11.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 04617 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-07975 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582372 |
Brooksville is a town on Penobscot Bay in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 934. It contains the villages of North Brooksville, South Brooksville (on Buck's Harbor), West Brooksville, Brooksville Corner, and Harborside (on Cape Rosier).
It was first settled by John Wasson, Samuel Wasson and David Hawes, soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Incorporated on June 13, 1817, the town was formed from parts of Castine, Penobscot and Sedgwick. It was named Brooksville after Governor John Brooks of Massachusetts, which then governed Maine.
The surface of the town abounds with granite, and several quarries were established. The soil is a clay loam, which yielded wheat and potatoes. Buck's Harbor, safe and deep, is one of the best coves in the region for small boats, and many residents became involved in the coasting trade and fisheries. By 1880, when the population was 1,419, Brooksville had a porgy oil factory, two sawmills, a shingle mill, a planing mill, two gristmills, a wool carding mill, and a cloth and yarn factory. Shipping was an industry, with ship repairs done at the foot of Wasson's Wharf Road with a pier to the channel in the Bagaduce. There was a brickyard, blacksmith's shop, rope walk and small store for provisions. As late as 1912, there were 18 schooners at the wharf under repair. A small packet, the Goldenrod, ferried passengers from Brooksville to Castine and there was a pier to the south where the Belfast boat berthed. The Wasson and Tapley families, related by marriage, had numerous ship's captains, the most notable being the six Tapley sons of Captain Robert Tapley, who all followed the sea after their father.
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