Livermore Falls is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States.
The area was once part of the Abenaki Indian territory called Rockemeka, meaning "great corn place".
The county line, determined by the Androscoggin River, divided the town.
Consequently, East Livermore (which encompassed a quarter of the original Port Royal grant) was set off and incorporated on March 1, 1844.
[4] In the early 19th century, the region was predominantly farmland, with apple orchards and dairies supplying markets at Boston and Portland.
As the century progressed, gristmills, sawmills, logging and lumber became important industries, operated by water power from falls that drop 14 feet.
With the arrival of the Androscoggin Railroad in 1852, Livermore Falls developed as a small mill town.
Shoe factories and paper mills were established, including the Umbagog Pulp Company started by Hugh J. Chisholm.
It measured 800 feet in length, at that time the longest single-span bridge in New England.
Voter registration The Bowman Field airport is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) southeast of the central business district of Livermore Falls.
[13] Livermore Falls is part of Maine School Administrative District #36.
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 are being examined.