History of Washington, Maine
A Gazetteer of the
State of Maine
By Geo. J. Varney
Published by B. B. Russell, 57 Cornhill,
Washington is the north-western town of Knox County.
It is bounded on the south by Waldoboro and Jefferson, east by Union, west by Somerville in Lincoln County, and
north by Palermo and Liberty in Waldo County, and Appleton in Knox County. It contains two considerable ponds,
Washington and Clark’s; the first having an area of 800 and the last of 350 square acres. The streams are Damariscotta
River, which bisects the town from north to south, and the outlet of Clark’s Ponds and of Washington Pond,—the
last constituting Muscongus River. The surface of the town is uneven and in some parts rocky. Patricktown Mountain,
in the north-western part, is the greatest elevation. The soil is productive, and the inhabitants are generally
thrifty. Washington, the chief business centre, is about 35 miles easterly of Augusta, and 22 miles north-west
of Rockland. It is on the stage-line from Augusta to Rockland and to Belfast. The post-offices are North and West
Washington. The products of manufacture are boots and shoes, barrels and casks, cabinet-work, lumber (two mills),
staves, harnesses, flour and meal, etc.