Town of Woodland

Woodland is a town in Aroostook County settled originally in 1860 and organized as a plantation on April 25, 1861. On March 5, 1880 it became a town.

As early as the 1850's wood was being cleared from the area. Its northern part was settled by Swedes in 1872. Unable to find enough land in New Sweden, they were granted 100 acre lots in Woodland and became the largest group in the town. The Lagerstrom House, built about 1896, was donated to the Woodland Historical Society by Priscilla Lagerstrom Walther and John Lagerstrom in memory of their Swedish grandparents, Carl and Emma Lagerstrom who had lived there in the early 20th century.

This northern community, in the heart of potato and forest product country, is not to be confused with the village of Woodland in the Washington County town of Baileyville.

With little in the way of a central village, the town lies west of Caribou served by Maine Routes 161 and 228.

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