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Maine road signs

[Qiaobao.com, November 15th comprehensive report] Tourists visiting Maine in the United States may be confused by some road signs.

For example, Paris is 30 miles south of Peru; Norway is a few minutes away. It only takes less than an hour to reach Mexico, Denmark and Moscow.

Why do Maine have these place names?

Wired America tells us that it turns out that they reflect the sentiments of the settlers who came here about 200 years ago towards the struggles for freedom or resistance to foreign invasion that were taking place in some parts of the world at that time. For example:

The residents of the small town of Mexico in Maine named the place Mexico in 1818 to support the Mexican people's struggle for independence from Spanish rule.

This war is the Mexican War of Independence, which took place from 1810 to 1821. It was a series of armed conflicts that broke out between the Mexican people and the Spanish colonial authorities. It started on September 6, 1810. It began with idealistic peasants revolting against colonial lords, but ended with an alliance between liberals and conservatives.

>Denmark in Maine was a name adopted by local residents to express sympathy for the Danish people after the Danish navy was attacked by the British in 1807.

Peru in Maine was named after Peru declared its independence from Spanish rule in 1821.

Maine is located in the northeastern corner of New England in the United States and borders Canada. There are also some places named after historical political events that took place in distant overseas cities.

In 1812, Maine settlers who were full of respect for Russia, which had just defeated Napoleon's army, named their newly built town Moscow.

Paris, Maine, was named in 1793 to express people's gratitude for France's support in the American Revolution. (There are 18 other places in the United States named Paris, for the same reason.)

Information from Encyclopedia states that the American Revolutionary War, or the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), was a war between revolutionaries from the British Empire and its thirteen North American colonies, and several European powers.

This war mainly started to fight against the British economic policy, but later because France, Spain and the Netherlands joined the war against the British, the scope of the war expanded far beyond British North America. Meanwhile, many Indians fought for both sides.

This puzzling road sign is one of the most photogenic sights in Maine.

Other cities and towns that use country names such as Sweden, Norway, Poland, and China have other historical reasons.

For example, China was the title of a popular song at the time.

(Picture source: wikipedia)

Wikipedia states that China Town is located in Kennebec County, Maine. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,328 people live here.

The town has a total area of ​​56.86 square miles, of which 49.88 square miles are land and 6.98 square miles are water. The town has a lake called China Lake, covering an area of ​​3,939 acres.

Chinatown’s history dates back to 1774. Although the name is China, there are basically no Chinese here. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 97.1% of residents here are white, with Asians accounting for only 0.4%.

But why such a name?

Wikipedia states that the name of the town was decided by a man named Japheth Washburn. He originally wanted to name the town Bloomville, but was opposed by the residents of Bloomfield, who believed that the names of the two towns would be too similar and would cause confusion. After thinking about it, Washburn decided to just call it China. Because one of his favorite hymns is called that. This widely sung hymn was written in 1790 by Timothy Swan of Northfield, Massachusetts, and published in 1801.

For another example, Sweden was the name chosen by the Swedish immigrants who settled there at that time.

Places named after the names of other countries and foreign cities are not limited to one state in the United States, but Maine is so densely populated that it is unique.