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Place Name
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Norridgewock
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Pronunciation
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NOR-ij-wahk
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Population
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3,105 (1990)
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Location
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Somerset County, Maine (ME), United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°43'N
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Longitude
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69°48'W
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Norridgewock
(NOR-ij-wahk), town (1990 pop. 3,105), Somerset
co., W central Maine, on the Kennebec, and
5 mi/8 km SW of Skowhegan; 44°43'N
69°48'W. Light mfg. (shoes). In 17th cent. Norridgewock Indians here
were visited by Jesuit missionaries; monument commemorates chapel of
Sebastien Rasles who, with the Indians, was killed by English in
1724. Inc. 1788.
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