Jay is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States.

Jay was included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area.

This was once territory of the Anasagunticook (or Androscoggin) Abenaki Indians, whose main village was Rockameko, located on Canton Point.

The township was then granted by the Massachusetts General Court to Captain Joseph Phipps and 63 others for their services in the French and Indian War.

[6] Farmers found the soil to be loamy and productive, yielding great quantities of hay, corn, wheat, potatoes, oats and apples.

On the Androscoggin River near Jay Hill was erected a toll bridge, then in 1839 a sawmill.

At North Jay was built a sawmill, brickyard and granite quarry.

East Jay had a sawmill, and Bean's Corner a carriage factory.

In 1888, industrialist Hugh J. Chisholm built at southern Jay the Otis Falls Pulp & Paper Company mill, then the third largest paper mill in the country.

In 1987-88, it was site of a major strike by members of the United Paperworkers' International Union against International Paper, which ultimately led to management hiring strikebreakers to permanently replace the strikers.

[9] In March 2009, Wausau Paper announced the closing of the Otis mill.

[10] On April 15, 2020, the Androscoggin Mill was rocked by an explosion, which resulted in the damage of two trucks from falling debris.

Of all households, 25.2% were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Of all households, 22.9% were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The school connects onto the Jay Community Building, where the townspeople vote and special meetings are held.

The top floor of community building is where the large gymnasium is located.

The Tigers and Andies mascots were replaced by the Spruce Mountain Phoenix, to signify the rebirth of the schools.

The vote to allow the raising of a bond to enable the building of the planned extension failed in early 2012 and the other options were examined.

Many classrooms were divided in half to accommodate the greater number of students.