Joseph York Hodsdon (October 20, 1836 – February 24, 1901) was an American businessman and politician from Maine.

[2] In 1880, he relocated to Yarmouth, taking over the former Farris tannery,[3] where he established Hodsdon Brothers & Company by the town's Fourth Falls, at the western end of today's Royal River Park.

[1] Hodsdon was a member of Yarmouth's First Universalist Church on the town's Main Street, and was also a freemason.

[2] His body was brought south to Yarmouth in a special train carriage arranged by Maine Central Railroad.

[1] His funeral was held on February 27 – a service at his family home, followed by burial in Yarmouth's Riverside Cemetery.