Gouldsboro is a town in Hancock County, incorporated in 1789 Settled in 1700, the town occupies the upper portion of a peninsula stretching from Frenchman's Bay on the west to West Bay and Gouldsboro Bay on the east.
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A Survey of Hancock County, Maine By Samuel Wasson 1876: Gouldsborough.—Incorporated (6-66 town) February 16, 1789. Population, 1709. Decennary loss, 8. State valuation, $224,690. U. S. valuation, $323,560. Keceived its. corporate name in honor of Robert Gould, one of the original proprietors—Borough, from the Anglo Saxon burgh, a town; in England, a town that sends members to Parliament. There were squatters here as early as 1700. The first settlers were from Saco and vicinity, and were Libby, Fernald, Ash and Willy. The first male child was Robert Ash, and the first female, Mary Libby. The first post office in 1792. An old inhabitant says: " Nathan Jones and Thomas Hill settled here in 1764." Maj. Gen. David Cobb of Revolutionary fame, one of Washington's Aids, and afterwards Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Hancock County, resided here many years. This town embraces Stave, Jordan's, Iron- bound, Porcupines, Horns, Turtle, and Schoodic Islands. That part of No. 7, known as "West Bay Stream," was 'annexed February 26, 1870. It is the most easterly town in the county, and has the most extensive sea-coast. On Ash's Point are the relics of an old French fortification. At Grindstone Point is an immense deposit of metaphoric or siliceous slate, excellent material for grindstones. Its hidden mineral wealth must be developed by some geological scientist, not afraid of " surf-running." Union soldiers, 167; State aid, $2,584; town bounty, $27,460 ; cost per recruit, $179. |