Ludlow is a town in Aroostook County, incorporated on March 21, 1864, from Belfast Academy Grant Plantation, itself organized in 1840. Ludlow is a “half-township;” New Limerick occupies the other half of the original township just south of Ludlow and just west of the northern portion of Houlton. In the 1880’s Ludlow had two sawmills in operation. Its primary economic activity was in farming: mostly oats, wheat, and potatoes. — Maine, An Encyclopedia