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History · Sandy River plantation

Half of Sandy River plantation’s homes were built after 1989

Most of Sandy River plantation was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1933 on and the census since 1870.

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What stands out about Sandy River plantation’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Sandy River plantation are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1870 and 1900, then grew 6-fold.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sandy River plantation’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Sandy River plantation, census by census

010018801900192019401960198020002020111 in 1870Low: 21

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1870 and 1900, then grew 6-fold.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Sandy River plantation’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Sandy River plantation, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sandy River plantation yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Sandy River Plantation is a plantation in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 128 at the 2020 census. It is home to the popular Saddleback Mountain Ski Resort and the Rangeley Lakes Nordic Trail Center (although visitors must drive through Dallas Plantation to reach it).

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 133 to 128 (-4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Sandy River plantation, 1868 to 2010

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Green Vale post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Green Vale post office closes
  5. 1933On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 21st century
  7. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 133
By decade

Sandy River plantation, decade by decade

Today1 recent
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On the map

Sandy River plantation on the map, 1933 to 1997

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

Sandy River plantation on the 1933 USGS mapSandy River plantation on the 1949 USGS mapSandy River plantation on the 1977 USGS mapSandy River plantation on the 1985 USGS mapSandy River plantation on the 1997 USGS map1933Rangeley 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 Sandy River plantation.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sandy River plantation

Nobody well known was born in Sandy River plantation itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Edmund MuskieAmerican politician · b. 1914
Janet T. MillsAmerican politician and 75th governor of Maine · b. 1947
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Frank ChurchillAmerican composer · b. 1901
Elizabeth Akers AllenAmerican author, journalist, poet · b. 1832
Lillian NordicaAmerican opera singer · b. 1857
Abram WilliamsAmerican politician · b. 1832
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Green Vale, opened and closed inside today’s town.

1cemetery inside Sandy River plantation
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Rangeley plantationIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDallas plantation1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRangeley6 historic placesB+

Questions about Sandy River plantation’s history

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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 (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.