The Passadumkeag post office opened in 1827, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Passadumkeag Point (1826), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 269 in 18302020 census: 356199 years
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The name "Passadumkeag" derives from the Penobscot language and means "at the land beyond the gravel bar". The area was originally inhabited by the Penobscot Nation, who used the river and surrounding forests for hunting, fishing, and travel. European-American settlement began in the early 19th century, with sawmills established along the river to process timber floated downstream.
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History of Penobscot County, Maine1882 · page 912Read the page →
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habitants had become quite numerous and some organized form of government was necessary. They accordingly petitioned the Legislature to be incorporated into a town by the name of Passadumkeag. The Legislature promptly responded, and in January, 1835, passed a bill corporatmg the town of Passadumkeag. A meeting was called in March of that year, and the act of incorporation accepted. The first officers were Tristram F. Jor-
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History of Penobscot County, Maine1882 · page 476Read the page →
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from the northwest corner, from Enfield village, and divides into two branches soon after crossing the line, one of which goes southwest to the Station and the other southerly across the Passadumkeag a fourth of a mile below the mouth of the Cold Stream, and on through a tolerably dense settlement below School No. 4 out of the town. A road from the Station east two miles along the north bank of the Stream, joining the main road a little
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