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Amity is a town in Aroostook County, eastern Maine, United States, near the Canada–United States border. The population was 253 at the 2020 census
History
Amity was first settled in 1826, and incorporated as a town on March 19, 1836 from township T10 R1 WELS. According to some, the town was named for the 1794 Treaty of “Amity, Commerce, and Navigation between England and the United States,” which aimed to end the boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick
In 1839, after the so-called “Aroostook War” ended with the signing of the Webster–Ashburton Treaty and gave Maine the town, whose ownership had been disputed, surveyors placed a monument in Monument Brook on the Canada–United States border. It served the dual purpose of commemorating the ending of the Aroostook War, and marking Monument Brook, the northernmost source of the Chiputneticook Lakes. The monument still stands today, but lies in a swamp. No roads lead to it and it is accessible only when on foot. An earlier monument, also to mark the northernmost source of the lakes, had consisted of a wooden post with the location engraved on it.
Amity has one building listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Reed School in North Amity. It has stood for many years, and formerly served not only as a school but as the center of the community, and hosted a singing school, debates, and plays.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 41.72 square miles (108.05 km2), all land. The town is bordered on the north by the township of Cary, on the south by the town of Orient, on the west by the unorganized territory of South Aroostook, and on the east by the parishes of North Lake, New Brunswick and Richmond, New Brunswick.