Ashland is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.

Most soils in the area have stony silt loam texture and show classic podzol profile development.

[3] For thousands of years, Native American tribes inhabited this region.

In the 1830s William Dalton became the first Euro-American to establish residency at the site of the future town.

[4][5] The community was organized as a plantation in 1840,[5] at which time there were 40 heads of household listed.

[7] The town of Ashland was located on the nineteenth-century stage route from Patten to Fort Kent.

34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The racial makeup of the town was 98.78% White, 0.88% Native American, 0.20% Asian and 0.14% from two or more races.