Frenchville is a town in Aroostook County, incorporated on February 23, 1869, under the name Dickeyville. The name was changed to Frenchville on January 26, 1871, in recognition of the French-Acadian population of the town. In 1899 it set off land to form Saint Agatha and ceded more land to the town in 1927. Its northern border is with Canada along a great bend in the St. John River. — Maine, An Encyclopedia