About Sangerville, ME
The town of Sangerville, named after Col. Calvin Sanger, a landowner, is located on the Piscataquis River in Piscataquis County, Maine, and is known as the "Town of Two Knights." Major attractions within minutes of Sangerville include the Cole Land Transportation Museum and the Maine Discovery Museum. Some of the businesses in Sangerville are Halls Christmas Tree Farm Inc. and Robinsons Mobil Pizza & Subs. One of the best places to visit when you are in Sangerville is the nearby, 839-acre Peaks-Kenny State Park, located on Sebec Lake and with camping, canoeing, fishing, hiking, hunting, swimming and watching wildlife. Well-known residents of Sangerville have included inventor who was knighted by Queen Victoria for devising a self-loading, self-firing gun used on the battlefields during World War I, Hiram Maxim and millionaire who donated $400,000 to a London hospital and was named a baron by King George VI, Harry Oakes.
