Naples is a town in Cumberland County, settled in 1790 and
incorporated on March 4, 1834 from portions of Otisfield, Raymond, Harrison,
Sebago and Bridgton.
It then annexed more land from Sebago, Otisfield and Bridgton
between 1845 and 1856
Blessed with ample access to Long Lake, Sebago Lake at the
intersection of U.S. Route 302 and Maine Routes 11, 35 and 114, Naples has long
been a vacation resort community. Longfellow and Hawthorne have sung its praises.
The Songo Lock, built about 1830, linked Long Pond and Brandy
Pond with Sebago Lake, thus allowing passage of boats from Harrison to Portland
through the Oxford-Cumberland Canal in Standish.
