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Skowhegan (/ s k aʊ ˈ h iː ɡ ən /) is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census , the town population was 8,620. [ 3 ] Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously held state fair in the United States.
Skowhegan is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Skowhegan in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,404 at the 2020 census . Geography
The Skowhegan Historic District encompasses the historic late 19th-century central business district of Skowhegan, Maine.The district is located on Madison Avenue and Water Streets on the north bank of the Kennebec River, and includes 37 historic buildings built between 1850 and 1910, including Skowhegan Town Hall, designed by John Calvin Stevens and built in 1909.
There were 20,496 households, out of which 31.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.20% were married couples living together, 10.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.10% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age ...
The Somerset County Courthouse is a historic county government building on Court Street in downtown Skowhegan, Maine, the county seat of Somerset County.The brick building was designed by local architect Charles F. Douglas and built in 1873, with an addition by John Calvin Stevens in 1904, and a second addition added in 1938.
It is now owned by SAPPI Limited, a South African paper concern. It is one of Westbrook's major employers. It is one of Westbrook's major employers. The mill complex and former worker and management housing associated with the mill's operation in the 19th century were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as the Cumberland ...
The Skowhegan Free Public Library is the public library of Skowhegan, Maine. It is located at 9 Elm Street, in an architecturally significant Queen Anne brick building designed by Edwin E. Lewis and completed in 1890. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
On 29 September 2008, Sappi purchased two paper mills in Finland, one in Switzerland and one in Germany from the M-real company. [19] [20] In the United States, Sappi closed its Muskegon, Michigan plant in 2009, which was founded in 1899 by the Central Paper Company. [21] In 2011 Sappi announced closure of their Swiss production site. [22]