Corinna

History

It was first called T4 R4 NWP (or Township 4, Range 4, North of the Waldo Patent). On June 30, 1804, Dr. John Warren of Boston bought on speculation from Massachusetts for two cents an acre, or $460.80. To encourage settlement, he gave away some land and built a combination gristmill and sawmill. The town would be incorporated on December 11, 1816, as Corinna, named after Dr. Warren's daughter. The first homes were built of hewn logs. Corinna developed into a farming community, with water powered mills at the outlet of Corundel Lake. After the arrival of the Dexter and Newport Railroad in 1865–1866, the village developed into a small mill town. Industries would include sawmills, planing mills, woolen textile mills, and a door, sash and blind factory. There were also boot and shoemaking shops and an iron foundry. The Eastland Woolen Mill manufactured woolen materials from the 1930s until it closed in 1997, after which it was demolished. File:Soldiers' Monument, Corinna, ME.jpg|Soldiers' Monument File:I. O. O. F. Block, Corinna, ME.jpg|Odd Fellows' Hall File:Buchanan Fisher, Corrina (Corinna), Maine, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg|Fisher residence The Stewart Free Library (1898), a gift to the town by Corinna-born Minneapolis millionaire Levi M. Stewart, was designed by Minneapolis architect William Harrison Grimshaw. The library is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and contains well-preserved historic interiors as well as a majestic facade with a clocktower. It resembles a mid-western county courthouse more than a typical small-town Maine library. The Corinna Union Academy educated students in the town from 1851 to 1968. A memorial dedicated to the soldiers who have died in the war on terror is located near the…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Situated beside Corundel Lake, Corinna is drained by the East Branch Sebasticook River and Alder Stream, both part of the Kennebec River watershed. The town is located at the intersection of Route 7 (Dexter Road), Route 11 (Exeter Road) and Route 43 (St. Albans Road), and is centered between the towns of Exeter, St. Albans, Dexter and Newport, about north of Interstate 95. Corinna is also located on the Newport/Dover-Foxcroft Rail Trail, which was developed along a former Maine Central Railroad line after tracks and ties were removed in 1993. This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Corinna has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  3,123
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,922
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,836
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,789
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  1,647
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,350
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,298
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,218

Most recent

• M 2.8 — 2024-07-28
  6 km W of Gardiner, Maine
• M 3.3 — 2023-01-14
  7 km ESE of Dedham, Maine
• M 2.5 — 2022-04-23
  5 km SSW of Sebec, Maine
• M 2.6 — 2016-01-15
  4 km SW of Beddington, Maine
• M 2.5 — 2015-05-22
  6 km W of Jay, Maine
• M 2.61 — 2013-06-21
  5 km W of Vassalboro, Maine