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York, Maine

Also known as Gorgeana

York is a town on the southern coast of Maine, United States, settled by the English in the 1630s as Agamenticus. Sir Ferdinando Gorges chartered it in 1641 as the city of Gorgeana, the first chartered English city in America. Massachusetts reorganised it as the town of York in 1652, and it was devastated in a French and Wabanaki raid in 1692.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). York, Maine. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/york-maine
MLA: “York, Maine.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/york-maine. Accessed .
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Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘York, Maine’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/york-maine (Accessed: ).

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