Norway

Norway is a town in Oxford county, incorporated on March 9, 1797 from Waterford Plantation. After annexing an unincorporated gore in 1821, it swapped land with Paris (1859, 1861). Apparently the town was not named for the Scandinavian country. A clerical correction of the originally proposed Norage, the Indian word for falls, resulted in the name Norway. Norway has a substantial number of interesting, unique homes not typical of most Maine towns. Pennesseewassee Lake, at five miles in length, is the largest of several in the town and abuts the main village and contributes mightily to the recreational opportunities in the area. Norway-South Paris is a community of two adjoining towns in which Maine Routes 26, 117, 118, and 119 converge.