IMPORTANT NOTICES:
• A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 13th @ 7:00pm for the request of a liquor license renewal for th Potting Shed Restaurant. The public is invited to attend.
•The Board of Selectmen will meet at 6:00pm on Tuesday, May 20th (rather than 7pm) to allow the Board to attend the School Referrendum meeting, which begins at 7pm at the Acton Elementary Schoool.
• A public hearing will be held on Thursday, May 29th @ 7:00pm to discuss the ballot referrerendum questions. Copies of the Proposed Town of Acton Zoning Changes and Proposed Site Plan Review Ordianance, to be voted on by secret ballot on June 10th, 2008, are available at the Town Clerk's Office during regular business hours.
• The Board of Selectmen will hold weekly staff meetings on Thursdays @ 10am. The public is invited to attend, but may not participate.
USEFUL LINKS ---
Real Estate and Property Tax Information On-Line
Vanity Plate Availability Search
Renew Your Driver's License On-Line
Purchase Hunting/Fishing Licenses On-Line
Register Your ATV/Snowmobile On-Line
State of Maine Sex Offender Registry
Welcome to the Acton, Maine official website. Acton is a small town in Southern Maine situated along the New Hampshire border that offers many wonderful activities with it's miles of lakes and forests.
Here are a few facts about Acton:
Acton is a town in York County, incorporated on March 6, 1830; it ceded land to Shapleigh in 1831. It was part of a much larger tract of land in purchased in 1661 by Francis Small from Chief Sunday of the Newichawannock Tribe.
Settled in 1776, the town's first mill, a grist mill, was built on the Salmon Falls River in 1779 by Joseph Parsons.
Prior to incorporation it was the western part of the plantation of Hubbardstown; in 1789 it became the eastern part of the town of Shapleigh. The town was named for Acton, England, now a part of greater London.
Silver was discovered in 1877, followed by a decade of mining and prospecting, after which the mines were abandoned.
Acton's western border is with New Hampshire and is defined by the Salmon Falls River. The town has substantial frontage on several lakes: Mousam, Wilson, Great East, and Square Pond.
The town lies northwest of Sanford on Route 109, which continues into New Hampshire.
- County: York
- School Dist/Dept: Acton School Department
- Senate District: 2
- House District: 144
- Congressional District: 1
- Population: 2145
- Area: 41.8 sq miles
- Pop. Density: 57/sq mile
- Longitude: W 70:54:57
- Latitude: N 43:32:01
Our website will provide you with all manner of information on our town and serve as a useful tool to keep yourself up to date on all of our town activities.