Town of Milford

Milford is a town in Penobscot County, incorporated on February 28, 1833 from Sunkhaze Plantation, east of the Penobscot River.

The first settler arrived in 1800. The following year Massachusetts sent a survey party to establish lots. One of the group, Joseph Butterfield, returned with his family in December 1802 to become the first permanent resident.

The first saw mill was built in 1826, followed by a second in 1833. The ensuing prosperity lead to the towns incorporation, named for Milford, Massachusetts from which some early settlers had come.

The Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge combines bog, marsh, floodplain forest and the state's second largest peatland. With eleven different ecosystems, it is frequented by more than 140 bird species and is managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

The town, across the river from Old Town, is a moderately growing residential area serving the northern reaches of the greater Bangor area.

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