Town of Hersey

Hersey is a town in Aroostook County, first settled in 1839 and incorporated on January 25, 1873 from Dayton Plantation, once the township of T5 R5 WELS.

General Samuel Hersey was a proprietor of the township in 1873 and later ran unsuccessfully for governor on the Prohibition ticket in 1894.

Maine Route 11, once known as the Aroostook Road, cuts through the northwest corner of the town about 5 miles north of Patten village.

From Maine: An Encyclopedia (www.themaineencyclopedia.com)