 Harrington is a town in Washington County, settled in about 1765 and incorporated as a town June 17, 1797 from Plantation Number 5. It later annexed land from Columbia (1818, 1823) and set of land to Steuben in 1823. In 1848 it ceded land to form the town of Milbridge.
A town of many inlets, Harrington's three major extensions into coastal waters (Oak Point, Pineo Point, and Ripley Neck) are surrounded by Flat Bay, the Harrington River, and the Pleasant River - the latter two are essentially bays.
Several of its larger islands (Foster, Dyer, Trafton and Flint) lie in Pleasant Bay. Flint Island, a nature preserve managed by The Nature Conservancy, has no trails running through its Spruce-fir forest, but the shores are navigable, and there is a beach landing. The island features lavender-gray, fossil-bearing cliffs and seals haul-out on nearby ledges.
It lies at the junction of U.S. Routes 1 and 1A between Cherryfield and Columbia Falls.
From Maine: An Encyclopedia (www.themaineencyclopedia.com)
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