GORGEANA
\ɡˈɔːd͡ʒiːnə], \ɡˈɔːdʒiːnə], \ɡ_ˈɔː_dʒ_iː_n_ə]\
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A town incorporated in 1642 under the grant of the charter of Maine to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and others. The grant was made December 2, 1631, of 24,000 acres on both sides of the Acomenticus River. Gorgeana was founded in 1641 as Acomenticus.
By John Franklin Jameson
