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Standish is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 10,244 at the 2020 census. [2] It includes the villages of Standish Corner, Sebago Lake Village and Steep Falls, and the localities known as Richville, Elmwood, Standish Neck and Two Trails. Standish is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
Standish is located at (43.7353, -70.5525), [4] at the intersection of Maine State Routes 25 andRoute 25 runs west towards New Hampshire and east to Gorham and Portland, while Route 35 travels north towards North Windham and south to Buxton, Hollis and eventually Kennebunk.
Standish Township is a civil township of Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,701 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] The city of Standish borders the township on the northwest but is administered autonomously.
The Standish Corner Historic District encompasses a collection of five early farmhouses in the village of Standish Corner in southeastern Standish, Maine.All five houses were built in the late 18th or early 19th century, and the assemblage are all that survive of the town's original early center.
Standish is home to the state Standish Maximum Correctional Facility, which operated from 1990 through 2009. In late 2009 the facility was briefly considered as a potential United States site for more than 220 prisoners to be relocated from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp , although neighbors and local residents expressed concern and opposition.
Standish Maximum Correctional Facility (SMF) was a Michigan Department of Corrections maximum security prison in Standish, Michigan. The men's prison was on the south side of M-61 . It was once considered as a potential site for housing detainees to be relocated from the prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba . [ 1 ]
Standish, Greater Manchester, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan Standish Hall, a demolished estate and country house; Standish-with-Langtree, a former urban district of Lancashire; Standish, Gloucestershire
Standish is 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (5.2 km) north-by-northwest of Wigan, 19 miles north-west of Manchester, and 18 miles north-east of Liverpool. The A49 trunk road passes through the centre of the town, on its way from Wigan to Chorley. Standish is served by Junction 27 of the M6 motorway, which is to the west of the town.