SKOWHEGAN  , a township and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset county, See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, U.S.A., on the Kennebec See also:

• RIVER

river, about39 m.-N. of See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta . Pop . (189o) 5068, (1900) 5180, of whom 4266 were inhabitants of Skowhegan See also:

• VILLAGE

village; (r910) 5341 . Skowheganis the See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Maine Central railway . The township covers an See also:

• AREA

area of about 5o sq. m., and has a public library,- a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house and Coburn See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park . The farms of the township are devoted largely to dairying . See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

Paper and pulp, wooden-See also:

• WARE

ware, woollen and worsted goods, &c., are manufactured . Skowhegan was settled as a See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• CANAAN, CANAANITES

Canaan about 1770 . In 1814 the township of See also:

• BLOOMFIELD
• BLOOMFIELD, MAURICE (1855- )
• BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT (1766-1823)

Bloomfield was erected out of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern portion of Canaan . In 1823 a second township was erected out of what then remained; this was called Milburn at first, but in 1836 the former See also:

• INDIAN

Indian name, Skowhegan, said to mean " spearing " or " watching See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, was adopted . Bloomfield was annexed to Skowhegan in 1861: The village of Skowhegan was incorporated about 1856 .