Pittsfield is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States.

First called Plymouth Gore, it was settled in 1794 by Moses Martin and his family from Norridgewock.

[3] Pittsfield was noted for fine orchards, and became an agricultural trade center.

Water power from the Sebasticook River attracted industry, and a gristmill and sawmill were built at the falls.

In 1855, the Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad arrived, and Pittsfield developed into a small mill town.

The Riverside Woolen Company was the first mill in the state to sell cloth direct from loom to wearer.

The Waverly Woolen Mill was built in 1891–1892, together with 52 dwellings the company rented to workers.

[4] In 1914, the Waverly and the Pioneer mills were sold to the American Woolen Company, which would close in 1934 during the Great Depression.

The Pioneer Mill, the largest, remained in operation until after World War II, but as the New England textile business moved to Southern states.

As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 4,214 people, 1,627 households, and 1,147 families living in the town.