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History · Sebec

15% of Sebec’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Burgess House and the Harriman School.

2on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Sebec’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 Sebec are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sebec, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sebec’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

South Sebec
1839–1903
Sebec Station
1875–1969
Morison
1904–1905
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Sebec CornersSouth Sebec
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sebec
ChaseDownsFossHarrimanHoxieSebec CornerSebec VillageSebec Village Cemetery Cowan Extension

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Sebec, in brief

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

Sebec is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 665 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 630 to 665 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Sebec, 1839 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe South Sebec post office opens
  3. 1875Post officeThe Sebec Station post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe South Sebec post office closes
  6. 1904Post officeThe Morison post office opens
  7. 1905Post officeThe Morison post office closes
  8. 1951Born hereDavid Mallett is born here
  9. 1969Post officeThe Sebec Station post office closes
By decade

Sebec, decade by decade

Today6 recent
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On the National Register

2 historic places in Sebec

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Burgess House
Burgess HouseHarriman School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
All 2 listings
Burgess HouseBuilding · listed 1978Harriman SchoolBuilding · listed 1996

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

BowerbankIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDover-Foxcroft5 historic placesB+Milo2 historic placesA−

Questions about Sebec’s history

What is on the National Register in Sebec?

Two places: the Burgess House (listed 1978) and the Harriman School (1996).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.