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Lewiston (Me.)

LC control no.n 82075718
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Geographic headingLewiston (Me.)
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Geographic subdivision usageMaine--Lewiston
Variant(s)Lewiston, Me.
Beginning date1795-02-18
1861-03-15
Associated placeAndroscoggin County (Me.)
Found inGeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 44°06ʹ01ʺN 070°12ʹ53ʺW)
Attwood, S.B. Length and breadth of Maine, 1946, p. 179 (Lewiston; City; Androscoggin County; prev. design.: Lewistown [no publs. in LC database]; settled 1770; part set off to form Greene June 18, 1788; incorp. Feb. 18, 1795 the 94th town; boundary between Lisbon and Lewiston estab., Feb. 6, 1826; parts of Greene and Webster annexed Apr. 20, 1852; incorp. as a city Mar. 15, 1861; and charter adopted Mar. 16, 1863; annexation of Auburn enacted Jan. 25, 1870 but rejected on referendum; part set off to Webster Feb. 7, 1895 and reannexed Mar. 8, 1895)
Geographic area coden-us-me