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History · Frye Island

Half of Frye Island’s homes were built after 1990

Most of Frye Island was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1896 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Frye Island’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1983. Watch Frye Island change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Frye Island’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewFrye's Leap, Raymond, ME: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Frye Island on the map, 1896 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Frye Island. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Frye Island on the 1896 USGS mapFrye Island on the 1942 USGS mapFrye Island on the 1983 USGS map1896Sebago sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Frye Island.

The story

How Frye Island came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Frye Island.

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It was included in the 1750 grant made by the Massachusetts General Court to Captain Moses Pearson, Captain Humphrey Hobbs and their respective companies of soldiers for services during the French and Indian Wars. Pearsontown Plantation was first settled in the 1750s, then incorporated as the town of Standish on November 30, 1785. Frye Island, named for Captain Joseph Frye, seceded to become a separate town on July 1, 1998.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Frye Island, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
Frye's Leap, Raymond, MEc. 1905Frye's Leap, Raymond, ME
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
Biannapeter lake sebago2018Biannapeter lake sebago
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Frye's Leap, Raymond, ME
Retake this viewFrye's Leap, Raymond, ME, c. 1905

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Frye Island’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Frye Island

Nobody well known was born in Frye Island itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ellen G. WhiteAmerican author, co-founder of the Seventh-day … · b. 1827
Edwin HallAmerican physicist · b. 1855
Scotty 2 HottyAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1973
John Albion AndrewMassachusetts governor during the Civil War · b. 1818
J. N. AndrewsAmerican Seventh-day Adventist minister · b. 1829
Jeff DonnellAmerican actress · b. 1921

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.