Buxton, Maine
| Buxton, Maine | |
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Falls on Saco River c. 1908
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 Buxton
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| Coordinates: 43°38′7″N 70°32′21″W / 43.63528°N 70.53917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | York |
| Incorporated | 1772 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Board of Selectmen |
| • Chairman | Clifford Emery |
| • Selectmen | Clifford Emery Jean Harmon Dennis Santolucito Chad Poitras Mark J. Blier |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.23 sq mi (106.79 km2) |
| • Land | 40.52 sq mi (104.95 km2) |
| • Water | 0.71 sq mi (1.84 km2) |
| Elevation | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 8,034 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 8,086 |
| • Density | 198.3/sq mi (76.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 04093 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-09410 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582380 |
| Website | www.buxton.me.us |
Buxton is a town in York County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,034 at the 2010 census. Buxton includes the villages of Salmon Falls/Tory Hill, Chicopee, Groveville, Bar Mills, West Buxton, and Buxton Center. The old town Common is east of Union Falls, which is the location of Skelton Dam, Operated by Central Maine Power, and near historic location of the original settlement at Pleasant Point.
The township was granted by the Massachusetts General Court as Narragansett Number 1 in 1728. It was assigned to Philemon Dane of Ipswich, Massachusetts and 119 other veterans (or their heirs) who had fought in King Philip's War against the Narragansett Indians in 1675. Settlement was attempted in the early 1740s but abandoned because of the ongoing French and Indian Wars.
The first permanent settlement commenced in fall of 1750 near Salmon Falls, which was within protection of the blockhouse and trading post built in 1728 a half mile below Union Falls in present-day Dayton. Amos Chase was one of the pioneers of the town, and his daughter was said to be the first white child born in Buxton. He was a prominent figure in the area, one of the largest taxpayers, and was the first deacon of the Congregational Church in Pepperellborough (present-day Saco, ME). The first schoolhouse in Buxton was established in 1761 by Rev. Silas Moody. Narragansett Number 1 was incorporated in 1772 as Buxton. It was named by its minister, Rev. Paul Coffin for the spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire, England, for unknown reasons. Buxton, England is often incorrectly cited as the home of his ancestors, but that was Brixton as noted on page 7 of the cited source(2).
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