Town of Eliot

Eliot is a town in York County, incorporated on March 1, 1810 from a portion of Kittery.

Settled in the 1630's it was part of the Piscataqua Plantation created in 1647. Its many historic sites include Maine's first Quaker Meetinghouse built in 1776.

A growing residential community serving the Kittery and Portsmouth areas, its population expanded by almost 12 percent in the 1990-2000 decade.

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