South Thomaston, Maine
| South Thomaston, Maine | |
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| Town | |
 Location in Knox County and the state of Maine. |
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| Coordinates: 44°2′0″N 69°7′56″W / 44.03333°N 69.13222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | Knox |
| Incorporated | 1848 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.97 sq mi (46.54 km2) |
| • Land | 11.44 sq mi (29.63 km2) |
| • Water | 6.53 sq mi (16.91 km2) |
| Elevation | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,558 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,574 |
| • Density | 136.2/sq mi (52.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 04858 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-72585 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582739 |
South Thomaston is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,558 at the 2010 census. A fishing and resort area, the town includes the village of Spruce Head.
Abenaki Indians called it Wessaweskeag, meaning "tidal creek" or "salt creek," a reference to what is now known as the Weskeag River. Thomas Lefebvre from Quebec, Canada owned a huge tract of land at the Weskeag River, where his stay began in 1704. He built a large gristmill, with a house on the shoreline. Although he would eventually return to Quebec, the area retained his name — Thomas' Town. But the adjacent St. George River was the uneasy dividing line between land controlled by New England and New France. Permanent settlement would be delayed by the French and Indian Wars, which ended with the 1763 Treaty of Paris.
In 1767, Wessaweskeag was settled by Elisha Snow, who built a sawmill operated by tide power. In 1773, Joseph Coombs arrived and built another sawmill nearby, and together they built a gristmill. The village of South Thomaston grew around the mills, which would include three granite polishing machines to process stone cut from the town's numerous quarries. On July 28, 1848, South Thomaston was set off from Thomaston and incorporated as a separate town.Owl's Head would be set off from South Thomaston on July 9, 1921.
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