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The Paris area was settled beginning about 1780, and the town was incorporated in 1793. Oxford County was established in 1805, and Paris was chosen as its county seat. As Paris Hill was then the civic center of the town, the county infrastructure was built there, as were the Baptist Church and the Paris Hill Academy (the latter in 1856). [2]
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Paris is a town in and the county seat of Oxford County, Maine, United States. Paris is included in the Lewiston-Auburn , Maine metropolitan New England City and town area. [ 2 ] The population was 5,179 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ]
On July 6, 1988, twelve-year-old Sarah Cherry was abducted while babysitting at a home in a rural part of Bowdoin, Maine.A couple of items were left in the driveway of the house (the abduction scene) that linked Dennis Dechaine, a 31-year-old farmer, to the crime, such as an estimate with his name on it.
This is a list of people who died in the last 5 days with an article at the English Wikipedia. For people without an English Wikipedia page see: Wikipedia:Database reports/Recent deaths (red links). Generally updated at least daily, last time: 04:34, 26 February 2025 (UTC).
Location of Oxford County in Maine. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Oxford County, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Wilkins was born Annie Mabel Libby in Minot, Maine on December 13, 1891 to George and Sarah Stuart Libby; who were early settlers of the area from German, Scottish and English descent. [1] Her family lived on a farm that her grandfather started in Woodman Hill, West Minot. Wilkins dropped out of school by the sixth grade to help run the farm.
The Hannibal Hamlin House is a historic house at 15 5th Street in Bangor, Maine.Built c. 1848–51, this well-preserved Italianate house was the home of U.S. Vice President Hannibal Hamlin from 1862 until his death in 1891.