A town between ponds and river
[LIV-ehr-more] Livermore is a town in Androscoggin County, incorporated in 1795 from Livermore Plantation.
During the following half-century, Livermore ceded land to Leeds and Wayne and provided territory for East Livermore, now Livermore Falls. It annexed part of Chandler’s Gore in 1834.
Settlement-era industry grew around water. The first mill was built near Long Pond in 1782 or 1783. Grist and saw mills later operated at the outlet of Brettuns Pond.
North Livermore
North Livermore village is centered around Round Pond and Long Pond, divided by Maine Route 4. Its community landscape includes the North Livermore Baptist Church, a town office, a historical society, and a small village common.
A few miles away, The Norlands interprets the history of the Washburn family. Its nationally prominent members included Cadwallader, Elihu, Israel, and William.
Livermore village and its ponds
The main village fronts Brettuns Pond near the junction of Maine Routes 4 and 108, about twenty miles north of Auburn. Brettuns Pond and Round Pond are prominent features of the local landscape.
Along Church Road, part of Route 108, the Universalist Church erected in 1869, an old schoolhouse, the public library, and a Masonic building suggest an earlier center of community activity.
Farms and transportation
The Nelson Family Farm on Hamlin Hill includes a granite-and-wood farmhouse, a carriage house, a large barn, orchard land, and stone boundary walls. Its surviving buildings reflect the town’s nineteenth-century agricultural landscape.
South of the village, Route 4 continues toward Turner. The Androscoggin River separates Livermore from Livermore Falls to the east.
Form of government: Town meeting, select board, and administrative assistant.
