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04294 (Wilton), 04234 (East Wilton), 04227 (Dryden) Area code. 207. Website. www.wiltonmaine.org. Wilton is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,835 at the 2020 census. [2] Situated beside Wilson Pond, the former mill town is today primarily a recreation area.
The Wilton CDP is located in the south-central part of the town of Wilton at (44.591961, −70.230456 The CDP extends south to the town line and is bordered by the town of Jay to the south. U.S. Route 2 passes through the southern part of the CDP, bypassing the densely settled town center; US 2 leads northeast 8 miles (13 km) to Farmington and ...
maine.gov /ifw /warden-service. The Maine Warden Service is a police agency in the United States State of Maine responsible for the enforcement of fisheries and wildlife laws, and the coordination of search and rescue in wilderness areas of the state. Maine's game wardens strive to protect the state's fishing and hunting resources, Enforcing ...
Bass Boarding House. / 44.58682; -70.23231. The Bass Boarding House is an historic house on Canal Street in Wilton, Maine, United States. It was built in 1860s, and adapted for use as worker housing for G.H. Bass & Co., whose former factory building stands next door. The building, one of a few that survive in Wilton that were adapted in this ...
George Henry Bass, born in Wilton, Maine in 1843, began to work in 1876 in the shoemaking business as junior partner in E.P. Packard & Co. in Wilton. By 1879, he became the sole owner and changed the company name to G.H. Bass & Co. In 1887, the factory moved to Wilson Stream in order to use water-powered machinery.
The Walker Woolen Mill was built in Wilton, Maine, in 1840, [1] using virgin and virtually extinct forest pine from the southern United States. It was largely built over the next 40–50 years, with local large local pine and wood eventually shipped using the transcontinental railroad. [2]
Kennebec River. The Roach River is a river in Piscataquis County, Maine. From the outlet of Third Roach Pond (45°39′02″N69°14′29″W45.6505°N 69.2414°W) in Shawtown (Maine Township A, Range 12, WELS), the river runs 19.1 miles (30.7 km) west, through a chain of ponds. [ 1 ] The Flow sequence through the ponds is from the Fourth Roach ...
Flagstaff Lake is located in Somerset County and Franklin County, Maine, in the United States. The North Branch Dead River and South Branch Dead River join in the lake, forming the Dead River. Flagstaff Lake in September 2018. The lake's surface area is 20,300 acres (82 km 2), and it has a storage capacity of about 275,482 acre-feet ...