Willimantic is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 134 according to the 2020 census. The town was originally named Howard; after the Willimantic Linen Company erected a woodworking factory in 1879 to produce spools for thread, it was renamed in 1881 to Willimantic, after Willimantic, Connecticut. The name Willi…
Willimantic is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 134 according to the 2020 census. The town was originally named Howard; after the Willimantic Linen Company erected a woodworking factory in 1879 to produce spools for thread, it was renamed in 1881 to Willimantic, after Willimantic, Connecticut. The name Willimantic was first rendered by English colonists as Waramanticut in 1684, and its origin is Algonquian. The meaning is uncertain, with one translation being "land of the swift running water," and another, "place near the evergreen swamp."
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