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

[3] The town is the service center for the northern portion of Waldo County.

Unity College was founded in 1965 to offset the economic effects of the declining chicken farming industry.

In 2020, the college announced a significant shift in its educational model, moving to a hybrid learning system that led to a reduction in staff by 15%.

As of 2024, the original Unity campus is largely vacant, with only about 50 students using the facilities at any given time.

[4] When originally settled by Quakers, the town was known as Twenty-Five Mile Pond Plantation.

The name came from its being located on a pond twenty-five miles from Fort Halifax in Winslow.

In 1996, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) purchased 200 acres of land in Unity, where it is now based.

The MOFGA-run Common Ground Country Fair moved with the organization and annually brings more than 50,000 visitors to the town.