| Strong is a town in Franklin County, incorporated on January 31, 1801 from the township T3 R1 NPC, WKR, once known as Reedstown Plantation.
Maine's Republican Party was founded here on August 7, 1854 by a coalition of anti-slavery Democrats, other Democrats, and Whigs.
The main village is located about eleven miles north of Farmington on a big bend in the Sandy River at the junction of Maine Routes 4, 145, 149 and 234.
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Maine: An Encyclopedia (www.themaineencyclopedia.com)
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