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The territory of Wales included the town of Monmouth prior to January 20, 1792. On this date the northern portion was set off and incorporated as the Town of Monmouth, Kennebec County. The remaining portion was organized as Wales Plantation in April 1803. The first town officers were Assessors - Joseph Small, Enoch Strout and John Andrews. Joseph Small was the clerk. The date of the first settler is not established for sure. Some say 1773 and others place it a few years later. James Ross was the first settler coming here from the Brumswick area about 1778.
Early settlers were James Ross 1778 from Brunswick. Patrick Keenan 1779, a blacksmith, Rueben Ham 1780 from Brunswick, Jonathan Thompson, his brother Alexander Thompson came in 1780 from Brunswick. Six new settlers came between 1780 and 1785 Benjamin and Samuel Weymouth, James, Stephen and Thomas Gray and William Remick. In 1791 Joseph Small from Limington, served as plantation clerk 13 years and town Clerk 19 years. Arthur Given came to Wales from Brunswick in 1798. He was the first postmaster and opened the first tavern in Wales. Joseph Maxwell1800 from Cape Elizabeth. He built the first grist mill on a small stream near his house. Thus, saving settlers from traveling 20 miles to get their corn ground. In 1850 there were 612 settlers. In the 2000 census there are 1,322 people with 468 households.