Turner, Maine
| Turner, Maine | |
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The Leavitt Institute building, now the public library
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 Location of Turner (in yellow) in Androscoggin County and the state of Maine |
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 Turner, Maine
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| Coordinates: 44°16′1″N 70°14′44″W / 44.26694°N 70.24556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | Androscoggin |
| Incorporated | 1786 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 62.72 sq mi (162.44 km2) |
| • Land | 59.26 sq mi (153.48 km2) |
| • Water | 3.46 sq mi (8.96 km2) |
| Elevation | 417 ft (127 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,734 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 5,732 |
| • Density | 96.8/sq mi (37.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 04282-04283 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-77800 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582770 |
| Website | Official website |
Turner is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,734 at the 2010 census. Turner includes the villages of Turner Center and North Turner. The town is part of the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England City and Town Area.
First called Sylvester-Canada, the township was granted by the Massachusetts General Court on June 20, 1768 to Major James Warren and others, survivors of Captain Joseph Sylvester's company for their services in the 1690 Battle of Quebec. It replaced a 1735 grant of the same name located at what is now Richmond, New Hampshire, but which was ruled invalid in 1741 because of prior clams from the heirs of John Mason. Reverend Charles Turner of Scituate, Massachusetts, acted as an agent for the dispossessed grantees, and would become the first minister of their new town.
It was settled in 1772 by Daniel Staples, Thomas Record, Elisha Record, Joseph Leavitt and Abner Phillips. Many of the first settlers came from Pembroke, Massachusetts, where most of the proprietors of Sylvester-Canada resided. Nearly all the early settlers came from towns which had sprung up around Plymouth, Massachusetts, including the Leavitt family, descendants of Deacon John Leavitt of Old Ship Church in Hingham, Massachusetts, and the Bradford family, descendants of Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. Following the Revolutionary War, settlement began to pick up, and by 1784 the expanding village had 30 families. Incorporated on July 7, 1786, Sylvester-Canada was renamed for Reverend Turner.
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