Please note all Municipal Meetings scheduled, can be found under the tab to the left entitled "Calendar of Events/Meetings"
The Board of Selectmen is currently seeking a resident who may be interested in serving on the Road Committee; please contact the Town Clerk for more details.
The Board of Selectmen are currently looking for the "Oldest Resident" in Acton to be awarded The Boston Cane. If you think you know who this is, please contact the Town Clerk.
The Board of Selectmen will hold two public hearings on Thursday, August 14th at 7:00pm. The first for consideration of a liquor license renewal application for The Crabby Bear, located at 1076 Route 109. The second for the purpose of enacting the General Assistance Ordinance amendments. Copies of said amendment are available in the Town Clerk's Office.
Useful Documents:
Town of Acton Municipal Directory
Town of Acton Comprehensive Plan
Town of Acton Request for Information Form
Board of Selectmen Liaison List
Useful Links:
Town of Acton Interactive Maps
Town of Acton On-Line Assessing
Acton / Shapleigh Historical Society
Vanity Plate Availability Search
Renew Your Driver's License On-Line
Purchase Hunting/Fishing Licenses On-Line
Register Your ATV/Snowmobile On-Line
State of Maine Sex Offender Registry
Welcome to the Acton, Maine official website. Acton is a small town in Southern Maine situated along the New Hampshire border that offers many wonderful activities with it's miles of lakes and forests.
Here are a few facts about Acton:
Acton is a town in York County, incorporated on March 6, 1830; it ceded land to Shapleigh in 1831. It was part of a much larger tract of land in purchased in 1661 by Francis Small from Chief Sunday of the Newichawannock Tribe.
Settled in 1776, the town's first mill, a grist mill, was built on the Salmon Falls River in 1779 by Joseph Parsons.
Prior to incorporation it was the western part of the plantation of Hubbardstown; in 1789 it became the eastern part of the town of Shapleigh. The town was named for Acton, England, now a part of greater London.
Silver was discovered in 1877, followed by a decade of mining and prospecting, after which the mines were abandoned.
Acton's western border is with New Hampshire and is defined by the Salmon Falls River. The town has substantial frontage on several lakes: Mousam, Wilson, Great East, and Square Pond.
The town lies northwest of Sanford on Route 109, which continues into New Hampshire.
County: York
School Dist/Dept: Acton School Department
Senate District: 2
House District: 144
Congressional District: 1
Population: 2145
Area: 41.8 sq miles
Pop. Density: 57/sq mile
Longitude: W 70:54:57
Latitude: N 43:32:01