LC control no. | n 82075718 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Geographic heading | Lewiston (Me.) |
Geographic subdivision usage | Maine--Lewiston |
Variant(s) | Lewiston, Me. |
Beginning date | 1795-02-18 1861-03-15 |
Associated place | Androscoggin County (Me.) |
Found in | GeoNames, 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 code | n-us-me |