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Biddeford (/ ˈ b ɪ d ɪ f ər d / BID-if-ərd) is a city in York County, Maine, United States. It is the principal commercial center of York County. Its population was 22,552 at the 2020 census. [2] The twin cities of Saco and Biddeford include the resort communities of Biddeford Pool and Fortunes Rocks.
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The following is a list of mayors of the city of Biddeford, Maine, United States. View of city hall building (right) in Biddeford, Maine, circa 1910s.
In ancient records Bideford is recorded as Bedeford, Byddyfrod, Bedyford, Bydeford, Bytheford and Biddeford.The etymology of the name means "by the ford," [3] and records show that, before there was a bridge, there was a ford at Bideford where River Torridge is estuarine; and at low tide, it is possible (but not advisable) to cross the river by wading on foot.
City Androscoggin (seat) 24,061 59.3 154 1842 Biddeford: City York 22,552 30.1 78 1653 Scarborough: Town Cumberland 22,135 47.6 123 1658 Sanford: City York 21,982 47.8 124 1768 Brunswick: Town Cumberland 21,756 46.7 121 1739 Westbrook: City Cumberland 20,400 17.2 45 1814 Saco: City York 20,381 38.6 100 1775 Augusta: City Kennebec (seat) 18,899 ...
The city of Biddeford is located on the south bank of the Saco River on the coast of southern Maine. Its central business district is located inland, opposite that of the city of Saco, which lies to the north. The two cities developed around this area due to its ideal location for textile mills, which, on the Biddeford side, are located just ...
Ogunquit was first a village within Wells, which was settled in 1641. [3] The first sawmill was established in 1686, and shipbuilding developed along the tidal Ogunquit River.
It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. and included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. Gray is located at the intersection of state Routes 4, 26, 100, 115, 202 and the Maine Turnpike exit 63 midway between the state's two largest cities, Portland and ...