Shapleigh
| Shapleigh, Maine | |
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Mousam Lake in 1905
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 Shapleigh, Maine
Location within the state of Maine
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| Coordinates: 43°32′26″N 70°50′53″W / 43.54056°N 70.84806°WCoordinates: 43°32′26″N 70°50′53″W / 43.54056°N 70.84806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | York |
| Incorporated | 1785 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Meeting |
| • Board of Selectmen | Michael S. Perro Mark Cobb William Mageary |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.19 sq mi (106.68 km2) |
| • Land | 38.75 sq mi (100.36 km2) |
| • Water | 2.44 sq mi (6.32 km2) 5.92% |
| Elevation | 709 ft (216 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,668 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 2,677 |
| • Density | 68.9/sq mi (26.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 04076 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-67475 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582722 |
| Website | http://www.shapleigh.net/ |
Shapleigh, pronounced "SHAP-lee", is a town in York County, Maine, United States which was incorporated as the state's 43rd town in 1785. The population was 2,668 at the 2010 census. Shapleigh is divided into the villages of North Shapleigh, Shapleigh Corner, Ross Corner and Emery Mills. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.
In 1668, Chief Captain Sunday (or Wesumbe) of the Newichawannock Abenaki tribe deeded Francis Small the Ossipee Tract, which included Cornish, Parsonsfield, Newfield, Limerick, Limington and Shapleigh. Small, a trader from Kittery, then sold a half interest to Major Nicholas Shapleigh of Eliot. In 1770, heirs discovered the unrecorded deed and made claim. Shapleigh's heirs took Parsonsfield, Shapleigh and one half of Limerick.
First called Hubbardstown, it was settled in 1772 when Simeon Emery erected a sawmill at the foot of Mousam Pond. On March 5, 1785, the town was incorporated as Shapleigh, named for its early proprietor. In 1830, Shapleigh's west half was set off and incorporated as Acton. In 1846, a portion of Shapleigh was annexed by Newfield. Shapleigh annexed an eastern portion of land from Waterboro in 1854.
There were sawmills in Emery Mills, Shapleigh Corner and North Shapleigh, which also had a woolen textile factory (known as Hargraves Woolen Mill) and leather board factory. Shapleigh was one of the Maine towns devastated by the Great Fires of 1947.
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