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Mariaville is a town in Hancock County, incorporated in 1836 

The town, with substantial frontage on Graham Lake and the east and west branches of the Union River, was named for William Bingham's daughter Maria.

  1. February 29, 1836 incorporated as Mariaville from Mariaville Plantation.
  2. 1850 it set off land to form the short lived town of Tilden
  3. 1852 set set off to Tilden was returned

Villages, Locations and Settlements

  
  • North Mariaville
  

Survey of 1876:
Mariaville.—First occupancy, 1802. Incorporated (23 town) February 29, 1836. Named in honor of Maria, a daughter'of Bingham. Name prior to incorporation, Tilden. Population, 369. Wealth, per capita, $180. First settlers, Mr. Fabrick, Seth Alcott, B. and D. Eppes, James Hapworth and Elisha Goodwin. For years, all "up river" was known as Mariaville. It has been reduced to its present unshapely limits by taking off Aurora, Amherst and Waltham. Decennary loss, 89. State valuation, $65,742. U. S. valuation, $84,668.

Union soldiers, 43 ; State aid, $914 ; town bounty, $6,710 ; cost per recruit, $177