Howland is a town in Penobscot County, incorporated on February 10, 1826 from township T1 R7 NWP. It later set off land to form the town of Mattamiscontis in 1839.
The name is taken from John Howland (1592-1673) one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact and the first land agent at Cushnoc (Augusta). Early white settlers move in about 1818 with more arriving after statehood in 1820.
Situated at the Junction of the Piscataquis River with the Penobscot, and Seboeis Stream with the Piscataquis, the town once had a thriving paper mill.
Today, the major thoroughfares are Interstate 95 and Maine Routes 6, 155 and 116 which hugs the west side of the Penobscot River.
