Place:Standish, Cumberland, Maine, United States

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NameStandish
Alt namesPearsontown Plantationsource: http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs/1109
TypeTown
Coordinates43.733°N 70.55°W
Located inCumberland, Maine, United States
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Standish is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 10,244 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Standish Corner, Sebago Lake Village and Steep Falls, and the localities known as Richville, Elmwood, Standish Neck and Two Trails. Standish is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.

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Standish was incorporated in 1785 from the Pearsontown Plantation. The document recording the legislative action creating the town is available online at [1] (it is part of the University of Maine's digital commons library of town documents). The document authorizes John Deane, Esq. to notify residents of their responsibility to vote and participate in the new town.

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