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  My name is Bob Jenkins and I am the county coordinator for Androscoggin
  County.

 
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 Brief History:
 
 Androscoggin County (French: Comte d Androscoggin) is a county in the U.S. state of Maine.  Its county seat is Auburn and
 its largest city is Lewiston. Demand for a new county emerged when the residents of the rapidly growing town of Lewiston
 complained of the long distance they had to travel to reach Wiscasset, the county seat of Lincoln County, in which Lewiston
 was originally located. It was also an impractical circumstance as Lewiston's neighbor, Auburn, was part of Cumberland
 County. As the growing partnership of the two towns emerged, the case for the towns to be in the same county grew.

 Different plans were discussed, including Lewiston joining Cumberland County. Eventually, the idea of a new county came
 to the table. The debate then became over which town would be the center of the new county. Bath, Brunswick, and Lewiston
 each desired the distinction. Lewiston eventually won the debate. Androscoggin County was created in 1854 from towns
 originally in Cumberland County, Lincoln County, Kennebec County, and Oxford County.

 The next issue centered on where to put the county seat, as both Lewiston and Auburn desired to be named the county seat. It
 would eventually be put to a vote, with both towns putting different offers on the table, including ideas to cut the costs of the
 new county buildings for surrounding towns. Auburn would eventually win a convincing victory, with the towns on each side
 of the river voting for the town on their side. As more people then lived to the west of the Androscoggin River, Auburn won
 the vote.





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State Coordinator:
 Norma Hass
Assistant State Coordinator:  Susan Salus
Assistant State Coordinator:  Rebecca Maloney




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