Poland, Maine
| Poland, Maine | |
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The Poland Spring House (1876-1975)
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 Location of Poland (in yellow) in Androscoggin County and the state of Maine |
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 Poland, Maine
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| Coordinates: 44°2′57″N 70°23′27″W / 44.04917°N 70.39083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | Androscoggin |
| Incorporated | 1795 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47.19 sq mi (122.22 km2) |
| • Land | 42.23 sq mi (109.38 km2) |
| • Water | 4.96 sq mi (12.85 km2) |
| Elevation | 374 ft (114 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,376 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 5,420 |
| • Density | 127.3/sq mi (49.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 04274 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-60020 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582680 |
| Tripp Pond | |
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| Coordinates | 44°03′N 70°26′W / 44.050°N 70.433°W |
| Max. length | 2.6 mi (4.2 km) |
| Surface area | 735 acres (297 ha) |
| Max. depth | 36 feet (11 m) |
| Water volume | 9,237 acre·ft (11,394,000 m3) |
| Surface elevation | 305 ft (93 m) |
Poland is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,376 at the 2010 census. Home to Range Ponds State Park, Poland is a historic resort area. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan statistical area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area.
Land was granted by the Massachusetts General Court in 1765 to officers and soldiers who served with Sir William Phipps in the 1690 Battle of Quebec. It replaced a 1736 grant made to them called Bakerstown (now Salisbury, New Hampshire) which was ruled invalid in 1741 at the separation of New Hampshire from Massachusetts. The new plantation was also called Bakerstown (after Captain Thomas Baker), and included present-day Poland, Minot, Mechanic Falls and the greater part of Auburn.
Settled in 1767 by Nathaniel Bailey and Daniel Lane, Bakerstown Plantation would be incorporated as Poland on February 17, 1795.
At the beginning, Poland was an agricultural town, with 600 acres (2.4 km2) of the best land farmed by the Shakers who settled at Poland Hill, north of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester. Called the North Family of Shakers, the village was founded by members who moved from Gorham in 1819. The village lasted until 1887.
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