Originally, the city was broken into three parishes, but they dissolved before Maine attained statehood in 1820. Before then, the territory belonged to Massachusetts, which is why, many Mainers ...

Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution on Feb. 6, 1788, becoming the sixth state to join the Union, according to the United States Census Bureau. Delaware was the first state to be admitted to ...

Maine was simultaneously admitted to statehood, which enabled the Senate to maintain the balance between slave and free state representation -- twelve of each. The enabling act of March 6, 1820 ...