Attacked by Captain John Lovewell in 1725 during Dummer's War, the tribe abandoned the area and fled to Canada.

The township combined a grant made by the Massachusetts General Court to Fryeburg Academy, Foster's Gore and a strip from Brownfield.

[3] Farmers found the soil to be very stony and sandy, producing fair yields of potatoes, corn and oats.

But the town did have excellent water powers at the streams, and mills were established to manufacture grain, long lumber, barrel staves, sashes, blinds and doors.

Founded in 1994, the Denmark Arts Center is the latest addition to the town's culture.

It is bordered by the towns of Bridgton to the northeast, Sebago to the southeast, Hiram to the south, Brownfield to the southwest, and Fryeburg to the northwest.

The three-member board of selectmen is elected at large on a non-partisan basis for staggered three-year terms.

MSAD 72 also serves the municipalities of Brownfield, Fryeburg, Lovell, Stoneham, Stowe and Sweden in addition to Denmark.