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Norridgewock is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Norridgewock in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,351 at the 2020 census . Geography
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."
Norridgewock is drained by the Sandy River, Mill Stream and Kennebec River. The village is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 2 and 201A with Maine State routes 8 and 139. Norridgewock borders the towns of Madison to the north, Skowhegan to the east, Fairfield and Smithfield to the south, and Mercer and Starks to the west.
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
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The median age in the town was 44.3 years. 20.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.9% were from 25 to 44; 31.6% were from 45 to 64; and 17.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 50.2% male and 49.8% female.
Norridgewock Female Academy: March 7, 1996 : Northern side of U.S. Route 2, 0.05 miles (0.080 km) west of its junction with Upper Main Street: Norridgewock: Now owned by the Norridgewock Historical Society. 42: Norridgewock Free Public Library
Skowhegan (/ s k aʊ ˈ h iː ɡ ən /) is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. [3] Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously held state fair in the United States.