Editing Corinth, Maine (section)

==History==

Colin Palmer  was the founder of Corinth.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}} In 1792, he built his home on Lot 10 First Range. Tibbetts enlisted as a [[private (rank)|private]] in Captain Reuben Dyers' company at the age of 17 on May 26, 1777, from [[Gouldsboro, Maine]]. Tibbetts' grave, with an official grave marker of a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier, is found in the [[Exeter, Maine|East Exeter]] cemetery.

The town was settled in the late 1790s by the extended Daniel Skinner family and originally called "Ohio".  There is still an "Ohio Street" in nearby [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]], being a portion of the original road or trail connecting that town with what is now Corinth.  When the town was incorporated in 1811, it changed its name to [[Corinth]], a reference to the classical Greek city.  A number of [[Penobscot County, Maine|Penobscot County]] towns incorporated in the same period such as [[Milo, Maine|Milo]], [[Etna, Maine|Etna]], [[Carmel, Maine|Carmel]], and [[Levant, Maine|Levant]] (and [[Troy, Maine|Troy]], in neighboring [[Waldo County, Maine|Waldo County]]) were given similarly exotic names, referencing the ancient [[Mediterranean]] world, probably in order to help attract settlers.  Some of these names also have Biblical references.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wblm.com/towns-in-maine-named-after-places-in-the-bible/ | title=Towns in Maine Named After Places in the Bible | date=April 25, 2022 }}</ref>

By the mid-19th century, the town had three villages: East Corinth, West Corinth, and South Corinth. East Corinth emerged as the largest, and had five shops making carriages and sleighs (a local specialty) by the 1850s.

The Skinner Settlement in West Corinth is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].  This early 19th century village-scape includes a [[general store]], schoolhouse, and [[Methodism|Methodist]] church.  The Robeyville [[Covered Bridge]] near East Corinth is also listed on the National Register, and is one of very few such bridges to survive in Maine.