Madawaska

Madawaska Main Street (2003)
Madawaska Main Street (2003)

Madawaska is Maine’s northernmost town. Home to native Micmac people, it was also settled in the 1750s by Acadian exiles. A monument with a large cross marks the landing of the Acadians. The town was named for the river whose Indian name has been interpreted to mean “having its outlet among the reeds” and “worn out grass (land).” Madawaska’s Maine Street is U.S. Route 1. Its economy is dominated by the Fraser Paper Company, whose plant straddles the border with Edmunston, New Brunswick. — Maine, An Encyclopedia

GPS Coordinates

47°18′26″N 68°14′30″

 

Census Locations

1850 Census

Madawaska Plantation

1860 Census

Madawaska Plantation

1870 Census

Madawaska

1880 Census

Madawaska

Grid Location

T18 R4 WELS

Associated Place Names

Cleveland, Fournier, Lavertue, and Saint David