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Map of Maine with town location in red.
Population
   N.  Latitude  45:10:48
1970 453   W. Longitude 69:28:05
  Piscataquis County
1980 576   Maine House Dist. 111
  Maine Senate Dist. 8
1990 677   Congress District 2
 
2000 630   Area in square mi. 33.0
  Population/sq.mi. 18
 

ABBOT

is a town in Piscataquis County, incorporated on January 31, 1827. It was one of several tracts granted to Bowdoin College in 1794 and was named for the College's treasurer, John Abbott.  (The  final "t" in the town's name seems to have been lost over the years.)

Five generations of Abbott's managed the Amos Abbott Company Mill in nearby Dexter," according to Brunelle, p. 67.

Abraham Moore was the legendary original settler in 1805.

ABBOT VILLAGE

A location in the town of Abbot.