The town of Unity, Waldo County, Maine, is situated twenty-five
miles northwest of Belfast, on the Belfast branch of the Maine
Central Railroad. The town was a part of the Plymouth Grant. It was
incorporated June 22, 1804, the one hundred fifty-third town, and was
called Unity because of “Unison in Political Sentiment.” The boundaries
are as follows: Beginning at the northerly corner of the Waldo Patent,
thence running westerly on the fourthly line of township number
four, one hundred and sixty rods; thence west northwest five miles;
thence four-fourths west six miles; thence east fourth east to the
Waldo Patent line thence on said line to the first mentioned bounds,
containing about 21,000 acres. [_Taken from the Massachusetts records._]
Population in 1799-- 264.
Population in 1850--1557.
Population in 1860--1320.
Population in 1870--1201.
Population in 1880--1092.
Population in 1890-- 922.
Population in 1900-- 877.
Population in 1910-- 899.