Topsham, Maine Topsham, Maine Official seal of Topsham, Maine Location of Topsham, Maine Location of Topsham, Maine State Maine Topsham is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States.
The town is home to the annual Topsham Fair.
Called Sawacook, the region was territory of the Pejepscot Abenaki Indians, a subtribe of the Anasagunticooks (now Androscoggins), who controlled the Androscoggin River.
The first sawmill was assembled in 1716 on the Cathance River and, in 1717, the plantation received the name Topsham, titled for Topsham in Devon, England.
Pejepscot Falls provided water power to operate mills, and industries encompassed a door, window sash and stairway factory, shingle mill, watch factory, pottery manufacturer, nail factory, pitchfork factory, two tanneries, tobacco manufacturer, two feldspar quarries and a marble works.
In 1856, the Sagadahoc Agricultural & Horticultural Society erected its building and fairgrounds, and the town remains host to the annual Topsham Fair. In 1756, a toll bridge connecting Brunswick and Topsham was constructed by the "Proprietors of the Androscoggin Bridge." In 1936, a large flood hit Brunswick and Topsham, damaging the pedestrian "Swing Bridge" and causing the Androscoggin to flow through the lower levels of the Pejepscot Mill.
It is thought that Topsham and Brunswick have safe homes related to the Underground Railroad.
Although the Underground Railroad was only metaphorically underground, it is thought that in Brunswick and Topsham, it was (in parts) actually underground, utilizing tunnels which ran between safe homes.
In Topsham, tunnels were constructed from the Granny-Hole Mill on the Androscoggin River up to the Samuel Veazie House, passing through the Charles Thompson House and the Walker Homestead on the way. The Brunswick and Topsham Water District was incorporated in 1903. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 35.59 square miles (92.18 km2), of which 32.20 square miles (83.40 km2) is territory and 3.39 square miles (8.78 km2) is water. Located beside Merrymeeting Bay at the mouth of the Androscoggin River, Topsham is drained by the Cathance River, Little River and Muddy River.
See also: Topsham (CDP), Maine As of the census of 2010, there were 8,784 citizens , 3,720 homeholds, and 2,453 families residing in the town.
The median age in the town was 45.2 years.
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,100 citizens , 3,424 homeholds, and 2,461 families residing in the town.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $47,682, and the median income for a family was $52,134.
About 3.0% of families and 4.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
Public schools in the region are directed by Regional School Unit (RSU) 75.
John Rensenbrink, co-founder of the Maine Green Independent Party and the Green Party of the United States United States Enumeration Bureau.
Brief Description and History of Topsham, Maine (1886), Gazetteer of the state of Maine.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine Including Ancient Pejebscot.
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