Hammond is a town in Aroostook County, organized on November 21, 1885, from the township Letter B R2, had its organization confirmed on March 5, 1895. It was incorporated as a town in 1977. Hammond is west of Littleton and northwest of Houlton in southern Aroostook County, clearly “off the beaten path” of U.S. Route 1, which serves those two communities. However, it has sustained and increased its small population over four decades. — Maine, An Encyclopedia