Editing Amity, Maine (section)

==History==
Amity was first settled in 1826, and incorporated as a [[New England town|town]] on March 19, 1836, from township T10 R1 WELS. According to some, the town was named for the 1794 Treaty of “Amity, Commerce, and Navigation between England and the United States,” which aimed to end the [[Aroostook War|boundary dispute]] between [[Maine]] and [[New Brunswick]].<ref name="Maine: An Encyclopedia">{{cite web|title=Amity - Maine: An Encyclopedia|date=August 4, 2011 |url=https://maineanencyclopedia.com/amity|publisher=Maine: An Encyclopedia|access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref>

In 1839, after the so-called "[[Aroostook War]]" ended with the signing of the [[Webster–Ashburton Treaty]] and gave Maine the town, whose ownership had been disputed, surveyors placed a [[Monument One|monument]] in Monument Brook on the Canada–United States border. It served the dual purpose of commemorating the ending of the Aroostook War, and marking Monument Brook, the northernmost source of the [[Chiputneticook Lakes]]. The monument still stands today, but lies in a swamp. No roads lead to it and it is accessible only when on foot. An earlier monument, also to mark the northernmost source of the lakes, had consisted of a wooden post with the location engraved on it.<ref name="Monument One: A trek to the start of the border">{{cite web|title=Monument One: A trek to the start of the border|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/monument-one-swamp-border-history-1.4236045|publisher=CBC|access-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref>

Amity has one building listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], the [[Reed School]] in North Amity. It has stood for many years, and formerly served not only as a school but as the center of the community, and hosted a singing school, debates, and plays.<ref name="Maine: An Encyclopedia"/>