Town of Vanceboro

Vanceboro is a town in Washington County, organized as a plantation on January 28, 1871 and incorporated as a town on March 4, 1874.

William Vance, a member of Maine's Constitutional Convention of 1819, and a large landowner in the area, was honored by the community's name.

The huge Spednik Lake and Chiputneticook Lakes, swollen by the St. Croix River, form the northern boundary of the town.

At the eastern terminus of Maine Route 6, Vanceboro lies across that river from St. Croix, New Brunswick where 24-hour per day customs stations manage border crossings.

The Canadian Atlantic Railway, which crosses Maine, reenters Canada at this point. In 1915 a German army officer was arrested attempting to blow up the railroad bridge between Vanceboro and Canada. Germany was at war with Canada at the time, before the U.S. entered World War I.

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