| Frankfort is a town in Waldo County, incorporated on June 25, 1789 as a large area that was diminished as land was ceded, between 1794 and 1867, to form Prospect, part of Hampden, part of Swanville, Winterport and Monroe.
Named for the German city, and bombed by the British in 1814, Frankfort was once a shipbuilding community on the Penobscot River. The village is located at the confluence of the North and South branches of the Marsh River, which flow into picturesque Marsh Bay and thence to the Penobscot. Mount Waldo, an historic source of granite, overlooks the Mendall Marsh.
The North Branch of the Marsh River flows through the main village, which is clustered tightly where U.S. Route 1A crosses the river.
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Maine: An Encyclopedia (www.themaineencyclopedia.com)
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