Mount Chase
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Mount Chase is a town in Penobscot County, incorporated on March 21, 1864. It was reorganized as a plantation on April 6, 1936, then reincorporated at a town in 1979. Home to Shin Pond and Upper Shin Pond, the plantation is served by ME-159, also known as the Shin Pond Road, traveling northwest from Patten.
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Geography
Mount Chase Township is bordered on the east by Hersey Township, on the south by Patten Township, and on the west and north, respectively, by the unorganized territories of T5R7 WELS and T6R6 WELS. The most prominent geographic places within the township include Mount Chase, for which the township is named, and the Shin Ponds, parts of which are in the unorganized territories.
Lakes, ponds
- Ackley Pond
- Lawton Pond (4 acres, maximum depth 6 feet)
- Lower Shin Pond (560 acres, maximum depth 25 feet)
- Stone Pond
- Upper Shin Pond (544 acres, maximum depth 64 feet)
Streams, brooks
- Crystal Brook
- Houston Brook
- Kimball Brook
- Mill Brook
- Moose Brook
- Peasley Brook
- Sargent Brook
- Webster Brook
- Weeks Brook
- Willett Brook
Elevations
- Allen Hill
- Bald Mountain
- Bumpus Hill
- Davis Mountain
- Long Mountain
- Mount Chase
- Wardsworth Mountain
Neighborhoods
Shin Pond
Shin Pond Village, located on the eastern border of Mount Chase Township, between Upper and Lower Shin Ponds, the village sits partially within the unorganized territory of T5R7 WELS.
Businesses
Government
Mount Chase has a Selectmen/Town Meeting/Administrative Assistant type of government.
- Contact information
- P. O. Box 318; Patten, Maine 04765
- Phone: 207.528.2225
- Fax: 207.528.4013
- Email: townmt.chase@ainop.com
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 248 people, 104 households, and 76 families residing in the town. Its population today is roughly what it was in 1860.
Education
Mount Chase is a member of MSAD 25, comprising Mount Chase, Patten, Sherman, and Stacyville. There are no schools located in Mount Chase itself.
Infrastructure
Roads
- ME-11
- ME-159
- Ackley Pond Road
- Airport Road
- Bald Eagle Lane
- Beachshore Drive
- Beebe Road
- Black Point Road
- Bradford Point
- Currie Road
- Driftwood Road
- Ellis Lane
- Fire Road #3
- Fire Road C
- Fire Road L
- Gardiner Point Road
- Grondins Road
- Henderson Drive
- Lodge Road
- Log Haven Drive
- Mainway Drive
- McPhee Lane
- Moose Brook Road
- Mountain Road
- North Road
- Owlsborough Road
- Shin Pond Road
- Shin Pond Village
- Stone Pond Road
- Uffda Lane
- Wapiti Road
References
- DeLorme, "The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer", 28th Edition, 2005 ISBN 0-89933-282-X
- DeLorme, "Maine Fishing Depth Maps: Lakes & Ponds by County", 2002. ISBN 0-89933-350-8
