Town of Sherman

Sherman is a town in Aroostook County, settled in 1832 and incorporated on January 28, 1862 from Golden Ridge Plantation. It annexed land from Silver Ridge Plantation in 1870 and from Crystal Plantation in 1881.

The town, formed during the Civil War, was named for John Sherman, a prominent abolitionist U.S. Senator from Ohio.

Potatoes and strawberries are components of its agricultural economy. The traditional harvest-time social gathering typical of farming communities is embodied in Sherman's Old Home Days celebration each Labor Day weekend. The town square becomes the route around which the annual parade passes - twice. The grounds fee, and proceeds from food sales and the beano tent, all go to support the Washburn Memorial Congregational Church and other community organizations.

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