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Buxton is a town in York County, Maine, United States.It is part of the Portland metropolitan area.The population was 8,376 at the 2020 census. [2] Buxton includes the villages of Salmon Falls/Tory Hill, Chicopee, Groveville, Bar Mills, West Buxton, and Buxton Center.
The Salmon Falls (East) Historic District encompasses a node of rural development in western Buxton, Maine.It includes thirteen historic properties, mainly Greek Revival in character, extending north along Maine State Route 117, north of its junction with Simpson Road, and two on the latter street, that were all built between about 1800 and 1850.
The road that is now Maine State Route 117 was the main road in the area leading north from the port of Saco, and became the focus for development on the Buxton side of the village. [2] One of the first settlers on the west side of the River, Isaac Lane, paid to have a bridge built across the river (roughly now the location of United States ...
Elden's Store is a historic commercial building on Long Plains Road (Maine State Route 22) in the center of Buxton, Maine.Built in 1802, it is the oldest commercial building in the rural community, and is one of the few historic brick commercial buildings in western York County.
The Proprietors Meeting House and Parish House is located at the southeast corner of Broad Turn Road and Old County Road (Maine State Route 22) in southeastern Buxton.The meeting house is a single-story rectangular structure with a projecting entry pavilion, and a tower straddling the line between the two sections.
The First Congregational Church of Buxton, also known locally as the Tory Hill Meetinghouse, is a historic church on ME 112 in Buxton, Maine. Built in 1822, it is an example of Federal period architecture, having had only modest alterations since its construction.
State Route 22 (SR 22) is a 19.4-mile (31.2 km) state highway located in southwestern Maine. It serves the western suburbs of Portland , running from SR 35 in Buxton east into the city, where it ends at SR 77 .
The Skelton Dam is an embankment dam on the Saco River between the towns of Buxton and Dayton in York County, Maine. It is located about 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Saco and Biddeford . The dam was completed in 1948 with the primary purpose of hydroelectric power generation.