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==History== The [[Abenaki]] people who originally inhabited the island called it Capanewagen.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bright |first=William Oliver Bright |title=Native American Placenames of the United States |year=2004 |pages=81}}</ref> Cape Newagen, an English corruption of the Abenaki name, was the name of an early [[English people|English]] fishing outpost at the southern tip of the island. The island would later be known as Newagen Island by Europeans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The origin of the name Boothbay, part I |url=https://www.boothbayregister.com/node/43449 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |website=Boothbay Register |language=en}}</ref> While the first European settlement was established in 1623, the island was abandoned by the English when they were driven from the region by the Abenaki during [[King Philip's War|King Phillip's War]] in 1676. After the war, colonists returned to the island, only to be driven out again during [[King William's War]] in 1689. After 40 years, colonists again returned to the region in 1730, and established a settlement called Townsend, named after [[Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend|Lord Charles Townshend]].<ref name="Coolidge2">{{Cite book |last=Coolidge |first=Austin J. |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ |title=A History and Description of New England |author2=John B. Mansfield |publisher=A.J. Coolidge |year=1859 |location=Boston, Massachusetts |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n90 59]β60 |quote=coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.}}</ref> In 1764, the settlement was officially incorporated as the town of [[Boothbay, Maine|Boothbay]].<ref name="Coolidge">{{Cite book |last=Coolidge |first=Austin J. |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ |title=A History and Description of New England |author2=John B. Mansfield |publisher=A.J. Coolidge |year=1859 |location=Boston, Massachusetts |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n348 310] |quote=coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.}}</ref> On February 12, 1842, the island split from Boothbay, becoming incorporated as Townsend.<ref name="MAGDE">{{cite book |last=Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums |title=Maine: A Guide 'Down East' |publisher=Courier-Gazette, Inc. |year=1970 |editor=Doris A. Isaacson |location=Rockland, Me |pages=325}}</ref> On June 12, 1850, Townsend changed its name to Southport, after [[Southport]], [[England]].
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