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

[2] In 1851, the first known residence in the Easton wilderness was built by Henry Wilson, who had taught school in Presque Isle.

[3] When Solomon Bolster arrived in 1854, he joined Henry Wilson and Augustus Rackliffe, its sole residents.

[4] In 1855–1856, Noah Barker partitioned the township into 142 lots of 160 acres in size, thereby determining its layout.

[3][5] The state opened it for settlement and, on July 26, 1856, it was organized as the Fremont Plantation.

A schoolhouse was built in 1858 and the first of several lumber mills was constructed in another year.

[3] Growth of the population slowed during the Civil War, and the town of Easton was incorporated 1865.

[6] Economic growth was slow, evidenced by an 1862 record that taxes should be paid in grain or shingles.

About 7.4% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.8% of those under the age of 18 and 13.5% of those 65 and older.