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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Plantations in Somerset County, Maine, Towns in Somerset County, Maine, Athens, Maine, Cambridge, Maine, Brighton Plantation, Maine, Canaan, Maine, St. Albans, Maine, Caratunk, Maine, Harmony, Maine, Northwest Somerset, Maine, Moose River, Maine, New Portland, Maine, Jackman, Maine, Starks, Maine, Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Maine, Solon, Maine, Dennistown, Maine, Cornville, Maine, West Forks, Maine, Northeast Somerset, Maine, Mercer, Maine, Detroit, Maine, The Forks, Maine, Smithfield, Maine, Palmyra, Maine, Embden, Maine, Ripley, Maine, Moscow, Maine, Highland Plantation, Maine, Seboomook Lake, Maine, Central Somerset, Maine, Fairfield, Maine, Norridgewock, Maine, Madison, Maine, Bingham, Maine, Pittsfield, Maine, Anson, Maine, Skowhegan, Maine, Hartland, Maine, Rockwood, Maine, North Anson, Maine, Concord, Maine, Lexington, Maine. Excerpt: Fairfield is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,573 at the 2000 census. The town includes Fairfield Center, Fairfield village and Hinckley. It is home to the Good Will-Hinckley School, Lawrence High School and Kennebec Valley Community College. The area was territory of the Canibas tribe of Abenaki Indians residing at Taconnet village, once located downriver at the confluence of the Sebasticook River with the Kennebec River in what is today Winslow. But in 1692 during King William's War, the village was burned, so the Canibas tribe abandoned the area. The French and Indian Wars finally ended in 1763, leaving the region open for English colonization. Fairfield Plantation, named for its fair aspect, was first settled 1774. Benedict Arnold and his troops rested and re-provisioned here in 1775 during their march up the Kennebec River to the ill-fated Battle of Quebec. Following the Revolutionary War, Fairfield Plantation developed as a trade and ag...
