NOTICES
Mousam Valley Little League Baseball & Softball Sign-ups will be held at the Acton Town Hall on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 from 6pm - 8pm. Boys must be 9 on 5/1/10 and no older then 13. Girls must be 9 on 1/1/10 and no older then 13.
Municipal Election - June 8th, 2010, please click here to view information regarding nomination papers.
Stay Informed! Tune into Channel 26 to see your local goverment in action.
A Boat Safety Training Program will be held on March 20th, 2010 from 7am - 2pm at the Acton Town Hall. Please contact Bob Anderson at 477-8588 for more information.
Credit / Debit Card Information - Currently we are not able to accept VISA for any transaction. If you use MasterCard, Discover, or American Express for payment, you will be required to pay a 3.0% surcharge of the total due, at the time of the transaction. If you have any questions regarding these fees, please ask prior to your business being conducted. Thank you, Acton Board of Selectmen.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES:
*****CENSUS JOBS! Temporary, Part Time, Flexible Hours - $14.50 per hour plus .55 per mile!!Apply Today - Call 1-866-861-2010 or visit www.2010censusjobs.gov
Testing will take place on Wednesday's at 10am and Thursday's at 5:30pm - WALK IN'S WELCOME!!!
** Click here to download a Muncipal Directory! - Updated November 28th, 2009
** Click here to view the Town of Acton Comprehensive Plan, with November of 2009 changes.
USEFUL LINKS ---
Online Moose Permit Applications OR Click here to print a paper application
2008 Rent Refund/Circuit Breaker Program
Real Estate Information On-Line
Acton / Shapleigh Historical Society
Circuit Breaker Rent Refund Program
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