Tibbetts enlisted as a private in Captain Reuben Dyers' company at the age of 17 on May 26, 1777, from Gouldsboro, Maine.

The town was settled in the late 1790s by the extended Daniel Skinner family and originally called "Ohio".

There is still an "Ohio Street" in nearby Bangor, being a portion of the original road or trail connecting that town with what is now Corinth.

When the town was incorporated in 1811, it changed its name to Corinth, a reference to the classical Greek city.

A number of Penobscot County towns incorporated in the same period such as Milo, Etna, Carmel, and Levant (and Troy, in neighboring Waldo County) were given similarly exotic names, referencing the ancient Mediterranean world, probably in order to help attract settlers.

East Corinth emerged as the largest, and had five shops making carriages and sleighs (a local specialty) by the 1850s.

The Skinner Settlement in West Corinth is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

This early 19th century village-scape includes a general store, schoolhouse, and Methodist church.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 40.27 square miles (104.30 km2), all land, of which 38% is covered in forest.

[7] Corinth is a well known right-leaning town and has the second highest percent of Republican voters of all municipalities in Maine with a population over 2,000.