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Mexico is in Oxford County, one of the most western counties in Maine. It was named in sympathy with Mexicos' (the Country) war for Independence from Spain (1810-1812). Seems like there's a lot of that here in Maine, Towns named for places fighting to be free, of course we still have a lot of townships and unorganized territories with names like R4T8 (Range 4 Township 8). Some of those even have a few residents - maybe they will incorporate and name the place Iraq. Okay, back to Mexico.
This is a small town with one paper mill, most of those workers live in Rumford or other surrounding towns. The Town is located on the Androscoggin River and the Swift River flows in to the "Andy" on the southern edge of town.
It really is a small town, population about 2000 (guess it's not really that small!) with a lot of traffic as U S Route 2 passes as the main road, and state Route 17 is also in Mexico, we'll talk more about that in a minute; actually we'll go there tomorrow.
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| The "mill" in Mexico |
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| Ed McMahon worked calling bingo and as a carnival barker in Mexico starting at age 15. |
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