BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 23, 2022
Despite steadily losing population for decades, Stockholm has become home to several families who moved from other parts of the country in search of a simpler life and stronger community connections. The town’s biggest population boom occurred in the 1920s when lumber and veneer mills and a clothespin factory employed 330 people. The town’s population grew to 1,300 during that time, largely thanks to the migration of French and English families. The Great Depression closed the mills and clothespin factory, which meant that remaining families focused on farming to sustain themselves. But Stockholm’s population fell from more than 600 in 1950 to 286 by 1990. For those who have settled in Stockholm, which had only 250 people as of 2020, the town’s plentiful farmland, low crime rate and lack of commercial development were enough reasons to abandon more congested areas of the United States.