Buckfield, Maine
| Buckfield, Maine | |
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| Motto: "Where good people live" | |
 Buckfield, Maine
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| Coordinates: 44°17′43″N 70°22′2″W / 44.29528°N 70.36722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | Oxford |
| Incorporated | 1793 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.77 sq mi (97.82 km2) |
| • Land | 37.53 sq mi (97.20 km2) |
| • Water | 0.24 sq mi (0.62 km2) |
| Elevation | 374 ft (114 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,009 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,999 |
| • Density | 53.5/sq mi (20.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 04220 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-08710 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582376 |
| Website | Town of Buckfield, Maine |
Buckfield is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Buckfield is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. It is a member of Maine School Administrative District 39 along with nearby Hartford and Sumner. The town had a population of 2,009 as of the 2010 census.
It was first settled in 1776 by Benjamin Spaulding from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, a fur trapper. Abijah Buck and Thomas Allen settled in the area in spring of 1777 with their families. In 1785, the inhabitants procured a survey of the town and purchased it from Massachusetts for 2 shillings per acre. Originally called Bucktown Plantation (or Plantation No. 5), in 1793 the Massachusetts General Court incorporated it as Buckfield, named for Abijah Buck.
The surface of the town is uneven, but has deep, dark soil that yielded good crops of grain, corn and apples. The east and west branches of the Nezinscot River join at Buckfield Village, supplying water power for mills. Products included lumber, roof shingles, barrel staves, box boards, shovel handles, snow-shovels, handsleds, drag-rakes, brushes, brush blocks, powder-kegs, leather harness, cutting-blocks and men's boots. In 1870, the population of the town was 1,494. The Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad passed through the town. Its depot was at Buckfield Village, the business center for the area.
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