Table 3
Town Meeting Abandonments (1965-1975)
This document is reprinted with permission from "The Manager Plan in Maine" published by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy. Copies of the complete book may be obtained by calling the Center at (207) 581-1646.
Municipality |
Year Abandoned |
Population 1960 |
Population 1970 |
Percent Increase 1960-1970 |
| Old Orchard Beach | 1965 | 4,580 | 5,404 | 18.0% |
| Falmouth | 1966 | 5,976 | 6,291 | 5.3 |
| Cape Elizabeth | 1967 | 5,505 | 7,873 | 43.0 |
| Gorham | 1967 | 5,767 | 7,839 | 35.9 |
| Kittery | 1967 | 10,689 | 11,028 | 3.2 |
| Brunswick | 1969 | 15,797 | 16,195 | 2.5 |
| Bucksport | 1969 | 3,466 | 3,756 | 8.4 |
| Millinocket | 1969 | 7,453 | 7,742 | 3.9 |
| Orono | 1969 | 8,341 | 9.989 | 19.8 |
| Scarborough | 1969 | 6,418 | 7,845 | 22.2 |
| Winslow | 1969 | 5,891 | 7,299 | 23.9 |
| Lincoln | 1971 | 4,541 | 4,759 | 4.8 |
| Pittsfield | 1971 | 4,010 | 4,274 | 6.6 |
| Cumberland | 1972 | 2,765 | 4,096 | 48.1 |
| Freeport | 1972 | 4,055 | 4,781 | 17.9 |
| Hampden | 1972 | 4,583 | 4,693 | 2.4 |
| Windham | 1974 | 4,498 | 6,593 | 46.6 |
| Dexter | 1975 | 3,951 | 3,725 | -5.7 |
| Average | - | 6,016 | 6,899 | 14.7% |