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Our Canton, ME real estate website provides a wealth of information for home buyers and home sellers. Below, you will find information on the history and culture of Canton as well as links to more detailed information such as demographics and schools. You may view a virtual tour, search homes for sale, and access information on different types of properties such as condos, farms, foreclosures, and vacation homes. This website will give you everything you need to buy or sell a home in Canton, ME.
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Canton ME Community Profile & History
Canton, Maine is a small town in Oxford County. Canton Point was the site of Rockameko, the headquarters of the Anasagunticook (or Androscoggin) Abenaki Indians. It is said the tribe had 500 acres (2.0 km2) cleared to raise corn, but in 1757 they were wiped out by smallpox. The land became part of a grant the Massachusetts General Court awarded to Captain Joseph Phipps and 63 other soldiers for their services during the French and Indian War. Called Phipps-Canada, it would be incorporated in 1795 as Jay in honor of John Jay, the first chief justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. On February 5, 1821, Canton was set off from Jay and incorporated under its present name in honor of Canton, Massachusetts.
Settlement of Canton began in the early 1790s when William Livermore, William French, Joseph Coolidge and Alexander Shepherd arrived. Others followed, principally from Massachusetts. The surface of the town is uneven in the outskirts, but smooth and level at Canton Point, where the soil was considered unsurpassed in the state for agriculture. The outlet of Lake Anasagunticook provided water power for industry, and Gustavus Hayford settled here in 1814. In addition to a log cabin, he built a sawmill and gristmill. First called Hayford Mills, it would be renamed Canton Mills and then Canton. In the 19th-century, it had a machine shop to manufacture farm implements, a tinware factory and an iron foundry. It remains the business center. The railroad passed through Canton in the late 1850s, carrying freight but also tourists, and the community soon emerged as a popular four-season resort.
Nestled in the heart of Maine's Western Mountains, Canton offers a pristine rural setting and excellent opportunities for outdoor recreation, sightseeing and leisure. Nearby ski areas include Shawnee Peak in Bridgton, Sunday River in Bethel, Black Mountain in Rumford, Saddleback Mountain in Rangley and Sugarloaf in Carabasset Valley.
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