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Caswell’s history is
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The story

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The town was first organized on April 14, 1879, as Pleasant Ridge Plantation, before being reorganized and renamed after the towns first settler R.S. Caswell. It has suffered a large decline in population since its peak, largely due to the closure of the nearby Loring Air Force Base in 1994.

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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Caswell is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Caswell has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Roosevelt School in Hamlin, 7.1 miles away.

Caswell and the nearest listed places

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Roosevelt SchoolU.S. Inspection Station-Limestone, MaineChurch of the AdventGovernor Brann SchoolFortunat O. Michaud HouseLarsson-Noak Historic District

Closest to Caswell

Roosevelt SchoolHamlin · Built 19337.1miU.S. Inspection Station-Limestone, MaineLimestone · Building7.4miChurch of the AdventLimestone · Built 18817.7miGovernor Brann SchoolCyr plantation · Building8.3miFortunat O. Michaud HouseVan Buren · Building10.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Roosevelt School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Caswell?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Caswell’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Hamlin📜 Limestone📜 Cyr plantation📜 New Sweden

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