Editing Eustis, Maine (section)

==History==
[[Benedict Arnold]] and his troops passed through the area on October 19, 1775, [[Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec|on their way]] up the North Branch of the [[Dead River (Kennebec River)|Dead River]] to fight in the ill-fated [[Battle of Quebec (1775)|Battle of Quebec]].

Eustis was first called Township No. 1 of Range 4, West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase. The original settler was Caleb Stevens from [[New Hampshire]], who brought his wife and nine children. About 1831, the northern half of the township was purchased from the state of Maine by two men, one of whom was Charles L. Eustis of [[Lewiston, Maine|Lewiston]]. That same year he built a [[sawmill]] and [[gristmill]]. In 1840, the township was organized as Hanover Plantation, which about 1850 became part of the larger Jackson Plantation. On March 30, 1857, however, the township was set off and organized as Eustis Plantation, named after its early proprietor. Then on February 18, 1871, with a population of 342, it was officially incorporated as a town.<ref>{{Citation
  | last = Varney
  | first = George J.
  | title = Gazetteer of the state of Maine. Eustis
  | place = Boston
  | publisher = Russell
  | year = 1886
  | url = http://history.rays-place.com/me/eustis-me.htm
  | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130201004321/http://history.rays-place.com/me/eustis-me.htm
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-date = February 1, 2013
  }}</ref>