{"id":15030,"date":"2020-08-04T14:43:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T18:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/?page_id=15030"},"modified":"2022-09-21T11:10:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T15:10:42","slug":"weld-maine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/western-maine\/franklin\/weld-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Weld"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"15166\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15166 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/Point_of_Pines_Weld_ME-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/Point_of_Pines_Weld_ME-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/Point_of_Pines_Weld_ME-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Webb Lake circa 1908<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Welcome to Weld!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Town of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weld-maine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weld<\/a> is located in Franklin County, Maine &#8211; about 30 minutes west of Farmington. Weld\u00a0is known for its scenic beauty. It is set beside\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/webblakeassociation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Webb Lake<\/a> and is almost surrounded by mountains. \u00a0The town is also home to Mt. Blue State Park and is nestled in a valley created by Mt. Blue and the Tumbledown \/ Jackson mountains.&#8221; (http:\/\/www.weld-maine.org\/) Mt. Blue State Park is the largest state park in Maine and is a beloved destination for camping, hiking, biking, cross country skiing and snowshoeing, snowmobiling, ATVing, and more.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Fun Facts<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"15168\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15168\" style=\"font-size: 13.3333px\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/mountblue-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Weld\" width=\"204\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/mountblue-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/mountblue-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/mountblue-317x211.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/mountblue-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/mountblue-634x423.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/mountblue.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,204px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Blue State Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Originally called No. 5 (or Webb&#8217;s Pond Plantation), it was first settled in 1800 by Nathaniel Kittredge and his family from Chester, New Hampshire. The town was part of an extensive tract purchased about 1790 from the state of Massachusetts by Jonathan Phillips of Boston.<\/li>\n<li>Phillips was an investor whose agent, Jacob Abbott of Wilton, New Hampshire, resold parcels of the land to settlers. Together with Benjamin Weld of Boston, Abbott, and his brother-in-law Thomas Russell Jr. in 1815 bought what remained of the Phillips tract.<\/li>\n<li>Incorporated on February 8, 1816, the town was named for its proprietor, Benjamin Weld, a member of the Weld family. (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weld,_Maine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/western-maine\/franklin\/\">Return to Southern Franklin County page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Weld! &#8220;The Town of Weld is located in Franklin County, Maine &#8211; about 30 minutes west of Farmington. Weld\u00a0is known for its scenic beauty. It is set beside\u00a0Webb Lake and is almost surrounded by mountains. \u00a0The town is also home to Mt. Blue State Park and is nestled in a valley created by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1814,"featured_media":0,"parent":15055,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15030","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weld - Undiscovered Maine - University of Maine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Welcome to Weld, Maine! There are many Adventures to be had here! 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