Moscow

History
The Town of Moscow's western boundaries are beautiful Wyman Lake and the famed Kennebec river. The scenic Arnold Trail winds northward through Moscow on its way to Quebec.

The first white settler after Benedict Arnold's men went through was Joseph Baker of Readfield. He came with his wife and six children in 1783. His seventh child, Dorcas, born July 29, 1784, was the first child born in Moscow.

In 1804, Isaac Temple and his family came up the Kennebec and built the first sawmill in Moscow.

By 1810 the population of the area had tripled. By this time, one-third of the population of Litchfield had moved into the area, settling mostly in Moscow. Among the settlers were several Baker families, all related; but not, to their knowledge, to Joseph Baker.

In November of 1812 a petition was signed to try to incorporate the town. The town had gone by the name of Bakerstown, but by this time there was a Bakerstown in southern Maine (now the town of Poland). The name of Northfield also appears on the petition, but is crossed out. There is a Northfield in Washington County. The town was finally given the name Moscow, named for the Russian city that was burned by its citizens in 1812 to dislodge the French soldiers.

Moscow was incorporated on January 30, 1816, the 211th town.