Editing Lincolnville, Maine (section)

==History==

[[Image:Lincolnville. Looking north, by H. A. Mills.jpg|thumb|left|Lincolnville shoreline {{circa|1880}}]]
Approximately 10,000 years ago, a [[glacier]] covered the area to a depth of several thousand feet, carving irregular landforms that survive today. The earliest artifact of [[Europe]]an origin was fragments of a 1650&ndash;1660 clay pipe, probably a [[trade]] good with the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|native]] population. First settled in 1770 by Nathan Knight, the town was incorporated in 1802 from Canaan and Ducktrap plantations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=August 30, 2012 |title=My Life in Lincolnville |url=https://downeast.com/travel-outdoors/life-lincolnville/ |access-date=April 2, 2022 |website=Down East Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> It was named for [[Benjamin Lincoln|General Benjamin Lincoln]], a Revolutionary War General—second-in-command to [[George Washington]] at [[Yorktown campaign|Yorktown]]—and friend of [[Henry Knox]].<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book|last = Coolidge|first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield|title = A History and Description of New England| publisher = A.J. Coolidge| year = 1859| location = Boston |page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n229 195]|url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ|quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.  }}</ref>

In an 1807 vote to separate from Massachusetts, it was one of three coastal communities to push for separation (with [[Bath, Maine|Bath]] and [[Brunswick, Maine|Brunswick]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2012 |title=Lincolnville {{!}} Maine: An Encyclopedia |url=https://maineanencyclopedia.com/lincolnville/|access-date=April 2, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

On October 22, 1844, local members of the [[Millerism|Millerite sect]] climbed [[Camden Hills State Park|Megunticook Mountain]] to await the end of the world and the [[Second Coming]]. The event was dubbed the [[Great Disappointment]]. They hadn't prepared for the winter, so other Lincolnville residents housed them to help them survive the winter months.<ref name=":0" />

The first school in Lincolnville was a three-sided log cabin behind Nathan Knight's home with a perpendicular ledge for a fourth wall; the ledge served to support a blackboard.

Lamb School was one of the other earlier schools in Lincolnville owned by the Lamb family. It closed in 1912. A sign put up by the Lincolnville Historical Society is now in its place.

Over the years, the population continued to grow until it was incorporated in 1802. A bicentennial celebration was celebrated by the town in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mainefarmlandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Lincolnville-Comp-Plan1.pdf|title=TOWN OF LINCOLNVILLE, MAINE Comprehensive Plan|last=Comprehensive Plan Review Committee|date=March 2006|website=Main Farmland Trust|access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref>