Shapleigh, Maine
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Shapleigh, pronounced "SHAP-lee", is a town in York County, Maine, United States which was incorporated as the state's 43rd town in 1785. The population was 2,921 at the 2020 census. Shapleigh is divi
Mousam Lake in 1905
Aerial view over Mousam Lake. Shapleigh surrounds the north end, and Acton is in the distance on the right.
Newfield, Maine
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Newfield is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,648 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
Shapleigh, Maine
…Chief Captain Sunday (or Wesumbe) of the Newichawannock Abenaki tribe deeded Francis Small the Ossipee Tract, which included Cornish, Parsonsfield, Newfield, Limerick, Limington and Shapleigh. Small, a trader from Kittery, then sold a half interest to Major Nicholas Shapleigh of Eliot. In 1770, heirs…
Community church and town hall (2021)
Town center in 1915
Town hall and schoolhouse c. 1915