“Hurricane Valley was so named because of a 1767 hurricane that leveled trees in the area, ‘leaving only the sturdiest oaks upright.’ With so many trees uprooted, the land was much easier to clear than it was before, which soon led to settlement of the area. Many of the first settlers were members of the Leighton family, but some were also Quakers fleeing persecution in Portland.

Hurricane Valley was once the location of several dairy farms and one poultry farm. Today only Wilshore Farm remains (formerly Stimson’s Dairy); the poultry farm is now a winery. Wilshore farm (the building with the silo) and the fields across from it are protected by an agricultural easement that requires that the property remain in agricultural use.”

-Town Of Falmouth LMAC