Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"The following decade, the state registered a decline in population of two-tenths percent, to 626,915."

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Exhibits

"… Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties Representative Industries of Cumberland and…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… in the years following the Revolutionary War, "population growth and careless exploitation had wrought worsening scarcities of land, hay, fish…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - MDI and the Fire of 1947

"… known with its hotels and B&Bs as a tourist spot while Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor are now home to the summer population and their mansions."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"This population of individuals built their own clubs, such as Kebo Golf Course and buildings, such as the Building of Arts, in Eden."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"Stockholm’s population peaked at 1,300 in 1925. The Great Depression, coupled with the loss of Atlas Plywood (the town’s major wood products…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"Stockholm’s population reached 66 by 1890. By 1895 the Swedish Colony’s population had reached 1,452 persons and 7,630 acres of land were planted in…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Currently Stockholm is a residential town with a population of under 300. The Mills and Lumber Compnay of Stockholm Mills, Stockholm, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economy on Mt. Desert Island

"… most part, had very little affect on the local population. Small family run businesses and other self-employed families were able to weather the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 1 of 17

"Biddeford’s population grew significantly from 1830-1860. People were migrating to the area to work in the mills and the supporting businesses that…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… town of Stockholm once was a booming town with a population of a little over a 1,300. There were a lot of businesses, including a number of mills…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Changing Times

"… with its neighbor Bangor, even having the larger population. However, beginning in the 1840s Bangor gained dominance."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"The population had increased nearly fifty percent during the 1790s, and between 1794 and 1807 the shipping industry tripled."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… submitted to Massachusetts authority.[1] As the population of the infant territory increased and altered over the next century, its political…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"More Swedes arrived to swell the population to 114 by the end of 1870. Horses, obtained in Caribou in 1871, were used to plow and to assist in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"… trade related to shipbuilding, and Thomaston’s population rapidly expanded as a direct result. North side of Main Street Business Section…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… before them, because of a large population with seemingly irreconcilable differences there would in the end be three separate churches for the same…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Some traded with the native populations, and there was a carpenter and a few mechanics among the group also."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Theater

"… in the summer as entertainment for the summer population. These performances utilized the stage of the Odd Fellows Hall under the direction of Gene…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"… during the summer months when the summer population was present. Randal White with his saxophone 1951Swan's Island Historical Society As…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… facilities grew along with the burgeoning population. Small peripheral villages (often ethnic in nature) developed outside the Rumford Falls area…"

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"… has faced many challenges; a growing and changing population, and dramatically different medical technologies."