Category: Blue Hill, Maine
Categories: Hancock County, Maine
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Blue Hill is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. Bluehill was incorporated Jan. 30, 1789 (3rd of 62 towns) . Population, 1707. First settled near "Fire Falls," April 7, 1762, by Joseph Wood and John Roundy. Next settlers, Nicholas Holt, Ezekiel Osgood and Nehemiah Hinckley. First child, Jonathan Darling, born in 1765 ; second child, Edith Wood, in 1766. The township first known as No. 5. The plantation name was "Newport." The town takes its name from a majestic hill, which rises to an altitude of 950 feet above high-water mark. See:
- Wasson, Samuel. A Survey of Hancock County, Maine. Augusta [Me.: Sprague, Owen & Nash, printers, 1878. Internet resource.
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