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

3, First Range North of Plymouth Claim, West of Kennebec River (or T3 R1 NPC WKR), then successively known as Middletown and Readstown.

Readstown was incorporated on January 31, 1801, and named for Caleb Strong, a Founding Father of the United States and governor of Massachusetts.

[4] Set on a hilly intervale above a big bend in the Sandy River, the area provided fertile soil for agriculture.

Farmers grew hay, wheat, corn, oats and potatoes.

The northeast branch of the Sandy River provided water power for mills, helping make Strong prosperous.

By 1859, when the population was 1,008, it had sawmills, a gristmill, a fulling mill, a carding machine, a starch factory and a tannery.

[5] The narrow gauge Sandy River Railroad connected Farmington and Phillips in 1879.

23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.