Editing Kingfield, Maine (section)

==History==
[[File:Bird's-eye View of Kingfield Village, ME.jpg|thumb|left|Bird's-eye view in 1909]]

The first recorded European visitors were John W. Dutton and Nathaniel Kimball in 1805. They returned the following year with their families and began a settlement. In 1807, [[William King (governor)|William King]] (later to be Maine's first Governor) purchased the township as part of the Bigham Plantation. In 1816 Kingfield was incorporated as the 210th town in the Maine District of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Salomon Stanley was one of the earliest town settlers. His twin sons, [[Francis Edgar Stanley|Francis Edgar (F.E.)]] and [[Freelan Oscar Stanley|Freelan Oscar (F.O.)]] became famous as manufacturers of Stanley Dry Plate, bought in 1903 by Eastman Kodak, and the Stanley Steamer automobile, manufactured from 1902 to 1924. Their sister, Chansonetta, became a photographer renowned for her portraits of local rural life. The Stanley Museum celebrates the family and its accomplishments.

Kingfield supported both agriculture and industry, drawing power from the Carrabassett River to power several sawmills, a clover mill, carding mill, flour mill, tannery, and a rake factory. All these mills are now closed. There was also a depot of a narrow-gauge railroad, which ceased to run in 1936.

In the early 1950s, local residents began developing Sugarloaf Mountain as a ski resort. Today Kingfield is known primarily as a gateway to Sugarloaf. In 2007 [[Nestlé]] opened a [[Poland Spring]] bottling plant in Kingfield. Kingfield is a Trail Town of the [[Appalachian Trail]], being near [[Mount Abraham (Maine)|Mount Abraham]] and the Bigelow Range.