Searsmont is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.

[2] Located at the junction of several well-marked Indian trails, Searsmont was originally called Quantabacook.

The town was a part of the Waldo Patent purchased by a consortium of wealthy Boston investors that included David Sears.

First settled in 1804 and called Fraternity Village by Ben Ames Williams, it was incorporated on February 5, 1814, as Searsmont, named after its proprietor.

[3] The town was noted for its productive soil, water power and abundant forests of white pine.

[1] Adjacent to Quantabacook Lake (665 acres), Searsmont is drained by the St. George River.

It is bordered on the northeast by Morrill, on the east by Belmont, on the south by Lincolnville, on the southwest by Appleton and on the northwest by Liberty and Montville.

Searsmont is home to part of the James Dorso (Ruffingham Meadow) WMA.