Editing Alfred, Maine (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[James Abbe]], photographer
* [[Mildred Barker]], musician, scholar, and [[Shakers]] eldress
* [[Joseph Brackett]], songwriter and Shakers elder<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/simple-gifts|title=Simple Gifts &#124; Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|accessdate=May 18, 2023}}</ref>
* [[David R. Burns]], Member of the Maine House of Representatives<ref name="Vote Smart">{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/121100/david-burns|title=David Burns|work=[[Project Vote Smart]]|access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Horatio G. Herrick]], [[List of Sheriffs of Essex County, Massachusetts|sheriff]] of [[Essex County, Massachusetts]]<ref>{{cite news|title=A Christian Gentleman|newspaper=Zion's Herald|date=April 27, 1904}}</ref>
* [[John Holmes (Maine politician)|John Holmes]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Massachusetts]] and [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Maine]]<ref>{{cite dictionary|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000739 |title= Holmes, John, (1773 - 1843)|dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Enrique Peña Nieto]], [[President of Mexico]] from 2012 to 2018; learned English as a schoolboy in this town
* [[Heidi H. Sampson]], Member of the Maine House of Representatives<ref>{{cite web |title=Heidi H. Sampson  |url=https://legislature.maine.gov/house/house/MemberProfiles/Details/137 |website=Maine House of Representatives |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref>