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This township was a part of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase. Ac-
cording to Williamson, it was settled as early as 1773. The land was
surveyed and lotted in 1812, at which time the inhabitants petitioned
for incorporation under the name of Northfield. The plantation became
somewhat known as Bakerstown, from the number of persons of the
name of Baker among the inhabitants, though the original Bakerstown
was in Androscoggin County. The act of incorporation was not passed
until 1816; and the present name had taken the place of the one pro-
posed in commemoration of the event at the Russian city of that name
in the year the petition was made.
A Baptist church was established in the town in 1812. The Free
Baptist is now the principal religious society in town. The public
schoolhouses number seven; and the entire school property is valued
at $1,800. The valuation of estates in 1870 was $91,386. In 1880
it was $95,142. The population in 1870 was 528. In 1880 it was 522.
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