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Its main village is located in the southwestern part of the town, on the north bank of the tidal Kennebunk River, inland from the coast. This area was first incorporated as Cape Porpoise in 1653, was abandoned during the wars of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was resettled in 1719. It was incorporated as Kennebunkport in 1820.
Kennebunkport / ˌ k ɛ n i ˈ b ʌ ŋ k ˌ p ɔːr t / is a resort town in York County, Maine, United States.The population was 3,629 people at the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford metropolitan statistical area.
Cape Porpoise is a small coastal village in the town of Kennebunkport, Maine, United States, and was the original English settlement of the town. It is located northeast of Dock Square and southwest of Goose Rocks Beach. The village occupies the mainland adjacent to Cape Porpoise Harbor. More than a dozen islands protect the deep natural harbor.
In 1983 it was reported that the museum was one of Maine's most popular attractions receiving 30,000 people in 1982. [5] By 2018, visitation had increased to more than 50,000 annually. [19] Maine Maritime Museum has been recognized as among the top ten maritime museums in the world [20] and was named the best museum in Maine by USA Today in ...
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Era-defining changes are on the way for the Cape Fear Museum, which traces its history in Wilmington back to 1898. Cape Fear Museum: Where it's been and where Project Grace is taking it Skip to ...
The Kittery Art Association was formed in 1958. It manages the KAA Gallery at 2 Walker Street in Kittery Foreside, as a cultural center and exhibition gallery. [34] The Kittery Art Association purchased the gallery building in 2022 from the town library, where the property was known as the Taylor Building, for $558,700.
It is today Fort McClary State Historic Site and features a blockhouse dating from 1844. In 1969, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Fort Foster, a later coastal defense, was built by the federal government on 92 acres (370,000 m 2 ) at Gerrish Island.