Cornville is situated on what was originally the north line of the Plynmouth patent, and thus being outside the territory of the Plymouth Company, it was sold by the State of Mssachussetts in the late 1700’s.
A brief history of our town...
1790
Cornville [KORN-vil] is a town in Somerset County, incorporated on February 24, 1798 from the unorganized township of T2 R1, N.P.C., E.K.R.
Originally called Bernadstown No. 3 after Moses Bernard who purchased it from Massachusetts, it gained its permanent name from the richness and productivity of its soil, especially for Indian corn.
Early settlers arrived in the mid-1790’s, attracted by the ability to purchase large tracts of land in the Maine wilderness.The first clearings were made around the year 1790, but the first settlement wasn’t made until 1974.
The first town meeting was held on March 13, 1798.
1807
By the dawn of the nineteenth century, several mills and a tannery were established on the Wesserunset River. Now know as Wesserunsett Stream, it runs along the eastern part of the town, emptying into the Kennebec River at Skowhegan.
After acquiring the “Mile and a half Strip” in 1807, it conceded land in several transactions in the 1830’s to Milburn to reach its current boundaries.
1900
A small building is the headquarters of the quaintly named “North Cornville Ladies Aid, inc. 1911.” North of Skowhegan on Maine Route 150, Cornville is a growing community in a rural setting. Just off Route 150 on the Revere School Road is the old Revere School Building. Apparently once a one-room school, it has been very well preserved.
2010
Also it is the home town of former long-time State Senator, candidate for governor in the 2010 Republican primary, and Executive Director of the Maine Turnpike Authority, Peter Mills.
