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Norridgewock is located at (44.715907, −69.791083 [ 2 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 11.2 square miles (29.0 km 2 ), of which 10.7 square miles (27.8 km 2 ) is land and 0.5 square mile (1.2 km 2 ) (4.20%) is water.
Norridgewock also had a gristmill and granite works. Built in 1849 and replaced in 1929, the 600-foot (180 m) Norridgewock Covered Bridge across the Kennebec River was the second longest covered bridge in Maine after the 792-foot (241 m) Bangor Covered Bridge, which was built in 1846 across the Penobscot River to Brewer. The Eaton School was ...
Norridgewock is a corruption of the word Nanrantsouak, meaning "people of the still water between the rapids." [citation needed] Their principal village, also called Norridgewock, was located near on a plateau within a broad bend of the Kennebec River, opposite its confluence with the Sandy
Rebecca Sophia Clarke was born in Norridgewock, Maine, to Asa and Sophia Clarke on February 22, 1833. She was tutored at home in the classical languages of Greek and Latin and attended school at the Norridgewock Female Academy. [2]
Pages in category "Norridgewock, Maine" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Settled by English colonists about 1773, the land would be surveyed in 1791. In 1775, Benedict Arnold and his troops would march through Norridgewock Plantation, as it was known, on their way to the ill-fated Battle of Quebec. [5] The town had originally been settled under the name "Norridgewock Falls."
Stephen Decatur Lindsey (March 3, 1828 – April 26, 1884) was an American attorney and politician from Maine. A Republican, he served terms in the Maine House of Representatives and Maine Senate. In 1876, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. He was reelected in 1878 and served from 1877 to 1883.
Norridgewock, Maine (1 C, 7 P) P. ... Pages in category "Towns in Somerset County, Maine" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.