Proposed Maine Towns

Among the introduced legislation found in the Maine Legislative Index are the petitions of Mainers seeking to create new towns. Here are a few proposed towns that ended up in the legislative graveyard:

• Brutus (1822) — To be set off from part of Chesterville.
• Truxton (1822) — The town now known as Hudson would be incorporated as Kirkland in 1825, and adopt its current name in 1855.
• New York (1829) — To be made from a piece of Old York.
• Maineport (1830) — To be created from part of Prospect.
• London (1832) — To be composed of parts of Carthage, Wilton and Dixfield.
• Weskerangan (1841) — Clinton would have been divided under this proposal.
• Genoa (1849) — Proposed by residents of Belfast Academy Grant in Aroostook County. They would be incorporated as Ludlow in 1864.
• Louisville (1854) — Proposed by the residents of what is now Magalloway Plantation.
• Umbagog (1854) — This was Upton's first attempt at incorporation. They succeeded in 1860.
• Madocawando (1861) — To be created by dividing Penobscot. Madocawando was a Penobscot sachem who made peace with the English in 1676.

Previously: Rejected Town Names