2021 Map of Purgatory

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Cobbosseecontee Lake and its many islands, including Merrill Island and Pine Island, dominate the northern landscape of this Kennebec County region. The settlement of Purgatory sits at the head of Little Purgatory Pond, where the Purgatory Burial Ground and Gilman Dam Pond reflect the area's early 19th-century mill history and rural community structure. The terrain is defined by distinct elevations like Woodbury Hills and Dennis Hill, interspersed with a complex network of water bodies such as Sand Pond and Buker Pond. Genealogists will find a significant concentration of family and community burial sites, from the Smith-Baker Cem near Litchfield Corners to the Lyons Cem and Pease Cem. The southern reach shows the transition into Sagadahoc County, marked by the agricultural layout of Litchfield Plains and the drainage of Ashford Brook toward Mill Pond.