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Trescott today is a
rural seaside community of a little over 300 full
time residents. It covers about 25 square miles near the
most northeastern tip of the US.
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Almost all buildings in town are modest homes, with a
few small businesses and a strictly rural economy. Over
70% of the property owners are non-residents, with about
half of those from nearby towns or elsewhere in Maine
and the rest from out of state. Many of Trescott's
families have been here for generations and all of us
regard it as our special place.
With such a small year-round and seasonal population,
Trescott has been part of Maine's 10 million acre
unorganized territory, with no local government, since
the town de-organized in 1945. As an unorganized
township with few county services, property taxes are
still lower than otherwise typical in Maine. Schools are
attended in nearby towns. Local news is covered by the Downeast Coastal Press from the adjacent town of Cutler
on the southwest, the Machias Valley News Observer in
the the county seat of Machias, about 20 miles west of
Trescott, and the Quoddy Tides in Eastport, about an
hour away.
The terrain in Trescott is hilly and mostly forested,
rising irregularly from sea level on the coast up to
about 230‘ at the hilly peaks. The coastline on both the
bay to the north and the ocean to the south is mostly
rocky, with a steeply rising shore. Several small
streams and brooks drain to the bay and the ocean.
Trescott is informally divided into north and south
regions, with no roads joining them without leaving
town. There are two major 2-lane roads cross the town:
State Rt. 189 crosses the north side on the way east
into neighboring Lubec and the bridge to Campobello;
State Rt. 191 crosses in the south from Cutler into
south Lubec. A few small paved and unpaved roads wind
into the woods to homes hidden back in the trees. Many
of the homes are along the coast, and as in the
surrounding towns, there is very little traffic — and no
traffic lights! |
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