maine senate district 15
District
15 covers the whole of Augusta,
China,
Vassalboro and the
south and east three-quarters of Winslow,
Maine.
Maine State Senate District 15
As Established Pursuant to the Final Order
of the Supreme Judicial Court, June 29, 1993
"The District consists of: In Kennebec County, the municipalities
of Augusta, China and Vassalboro; and that portion of the
municipality of Winslow southeast of a line described as follows:
Beginning at the Kennebec River adjacent to Clinton Avenue;
then east along Clinton Avenue to Smiley Avenue; then north
on Smiley Avenue to Fuller Lane; then west, north and east
on Fuller Lane to Smiley Avenue; then northeast on Smiley
Avenue to Getchell Street; then east and south on Getchell
Street to Smiley Avenue; then east on Smiley Avenue to Clinton
Avenue; and then north on Clinton Avenue to the Winslow-Benton
boundary."
China, Me.
Kennebec co. This is a township
of excellent land, which produced, in 1837, 12,953 bushels
of wheat. China is watered by a lake, or "Twelve
Mile Pond," a fine miniature of the beautiful Skaneateles,
in the state of New York. At the outlet of this pond,
into the Kennebec, are excellent mill privileges. On
the bank of the pond is a very flourishing village,
a stream saw-mill, and an academy. A visit to this place,
Albion, Clinton, Dixmont, and the neighboring towns,
where wheat is worth a dollar and a half a bushel in
the barn, is a good specific against the western
fever. A trip to Boston to China and back again
may be performed in the same number of hours that it
takes to go up either of the canals 100 miles, towards
an unseen country. China lies 20 miles N. E. of Augusta,
48 S. W. from Bangor, and 138 from Boston. Population,
1837, 2,641.
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From The New England
Gazetter by John Hayward, 1839, 3rd Edition,
Concord, New Hampshire
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