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Poland Regional High School

Poland, Maine
Town
The Poland Spring House (1876-1975)
The Poland Spring House (1876-1975)
Location of Poland (in yellow) in Androscoggin County and the state of Maine
Location of Poland (in yellow) in Androscoggin County and the state of Maine
Poland, Maine is located in the US
Poland, Maine
Poland, Maine
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 44°2′57″N 70°23′27″W / 44.04917°N 70.39083°W / 44.04917; -70.39083
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
Coordinates 44°03′N 70°26′W / 44.050°N 70.433°W / 44.050; -70.433
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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