Dyer Brook
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History
The first known settler in the area that was to become Dyer Brook was in 1844, when Orrin Laughton came from Smyrna, and built a log home. Dyer Brook was named for the stream that flows through it, and into the Mattawamkeag River.
Dyer Brook was organized as a plantaation for election purposes on September 6, 1858, and at the time of the 1880 census, the plantation had forty registered voters. After several additional organizations, it was incorporated as a town on March 21, 1891.
At one time, Dyer Brook once prospered, at the heart of Maine's potato country, but under economic pressure from the more northern Aroostook County towns, Dyer Brook lost eighteen percent of its population between the years 1990 and 2000.
Geography
Dyer Brook Township is located south of Merrill, north of Island Falls, east of Hersey, and west of Oakfield townships. I-95 runs through it, from nearly the southwest to the northeast corners of the township.
The West Branch of the Mattawamkeag River runs through the southwestern portion of the township just above Island Falls. The Dyer Brook Township includes both hilly and marshy areas, as well as several small brooks and streams.
The chief settlement area is east of I-95, and just southwest of Oakfield.
Rivers, streams, brooks
- West Branch, Mattawamkeag River
- Battle Brook
- Bear Brook
- Bog Brook
- Dyer Brook
- Huntley Brook
Churches
Businesses
Government
The town of Dyer Brook is organized under a Selectmen/Town Meeting/Manager type of government.
Contact information
- Town manager/clerk: Florence Hardy
- Address: 864 Dyer Brook Road; Dyer Brook, Maine 04747
- Phone: 207.757.8302
- Fax: 207.757.7415
- Email: dyerbrook@ainop.com
Elected officials
- Selectman: Richard Lyons
- Selectman: David McLaughlin
- Selectman: Melvin Morrison
Demographics
At the time of the 2000 census, there were 199 people, 79 households, and 62 families residing in 116 housing units in Dyer Brook, Maine.
Education
The town is a part of CSD #109, which includes the towns of Crystal, Dyer Brook, Island Falls, Merrill, Oakfield and Smyrna. The only school is Southern Aroostook Community School, in Dyer Brook, Maine, which educates children from K-12th grade.
Schools
Southern Aroostook Community School
Southern Aroostook Community School educates students from Kindergarten through 12th grade.
- Contact information
- Superintendent: Terry A. Comeau
- Address: 922 Dyer Brook Road; Dyer Brook, Maine 04747
- Phone: 207.757.8206
- Fax: 207.757.7313
- Email: tcomeausacs@sacs.csd109.k12.me.us
- See Southern Aroostook Community School
Medical
Child Development Services
Mental health and developmental services.
- Contact information
- Address: 257 Pond Road; Dyer Brook, Maine 04747
- Phone: 207.463.2442
- Fax: 207.463.2442
Infrastructure
Roads
- I-95
- US-2
- Delette Ridge Road
- Dyer Brook Road
- Hopewell Road
- Keith Brook Road
- Moro Road
- Oakfield Road
- Pine Grove Road
- Pond Road
- Rock Crusher Road
- Silver Ridge Road
- Sludge Site Road
- South Road
- St. Regis Paper Road
- Town Line Road (Moro Road)
- Webb Road
References
- DeLorme, "The Maine Atlas & Gazetteer", 28th Edition, 2005 ISBN 0-89933-282-X
