Editing Northeast Piscataquis, Maine (section)

==Williamsburg==
The town of Williamsburg was dissolved and incorporated into Northeast Piscataquis in 1940. Williamsburg was located in the southern part of Piscataquis County, 17 miles north-east of [[Dover-Foxcroft, Maine|Dover-Foxcroft]]. It was located to the west of [[Brownville, Maine|Brownville]]. The [[West Branch Pleasant River (Piscataquis River)|West Branch of the Pleasant River]] ran through the town. It was the hometown of [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Walter Goodale Morrill]]. The area was first settled by people of European descent during the first decades of the 19th century and was incorporated as a town in 1820. In 1870, the town's population was 176, but the town grew to 444 residents for the 1880 census.<ref>[http://history.rays-place.com/me/williamsburg-me.htm History of Williamsburg, Maine] A Gazetteer of the
State of Maine, 1886</ref> The 1900 census showed that Williamsburg had a population of 117, the smallest of all incorporated towns in the county. In 1910, it had a population of 138, the second smallest population of any incorporated place in the county. In 1920, the population dropped to 82 residents and in 1930, the final census as a separate town, Williamsburg's population was 67 people.