Orland
Orland is a town in Hancock County, incorporated in 1800 and first settled in 1764. The township was granted to David Marsh and associates in 1762 and was known as Alamasook (also Alamoosook), then Eastern River.
- February 21, 1800 incorporated as Orland from the township T2 EPR, LS.
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A Survey of Hancock County, Maine By Samuel Wasson 1876: Orland,—Incorporated (12-124 town) February 12, 1800. Population, 1,701. Decennary loss, 86. Wealth, per capita, $280. State valuation, $374,390. TJ. S. valuation, $539.121. Anciently called " Alamasook," next "Eastern River." It was No. 2 in the grant to David Marsh. Its name is supposed to be derived from "Oar-land"—an oar having been found upon its shores by the first settler, who was Joseph Gross, in 1764. Ebenezer Gross came in 1765, and Joseph Viles in 1766. Viles built the first framed house. Zachariah Gross, the first child, was born 1766. The first road was laid out in 1771. The first mills were built by Calvin Turner, in 1773. In 1790 it had 290 souls. In 1775, the men of this plantation and those of No. 1, formed themselves into a military company, and also chose a Committee of Safety. Union soldiers, 195; State aid, $5,786; town bounty, $14,855 ; cost per recruit, $164 |
