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York County was permanently established in 1639. Several of Maine's earliest colonial settlements are found in the county, which is the state's oldest and one of the oldest in the United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 211,972, [2] making it Maine's second-most populous county.
York Historic District (York, Maine) / 43.13833°N 70.65083°W / 43.13833; -70.65083. The York Historic District encompasses the historic village center of York, Maine, one of the oldest communities in the state. The expansive 1,700-acre (690 ha) district includes the oldest church in Maine, built by its oldest congregation in 1747, and ...
There are 183 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 5 National Historic Landmarks. Another four properties were once listed but have been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted July 19, 2024. [2]
Punkintown. Coordinates: 43.199034°N 70.794281°W. Punkintown (or Punkin Town [ 1] ), once known as Emerytown, [ 2] Emery Town, [ 3] or Emeryville, [ 4] was a village situated at the corners of South Berwick, Eliot, and York, Maine from the 1800s through the early 1900s. At its peak, between seven and ten families gave the small town its ...
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23-37375. GNIS feature ID. 0569232. Freshwater marsh. Kittery Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Kittery, York County, Maine, United States. First settled in 1623, Kittery Point traces its history to the first seafarers who colonized the shore of what became Massachusetts Bay Colony and later the State of Maine.
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South Berwick is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,467 at the 2020 census. [ 3] South Berwick is home to Berwick Academy, a private, co-educational university-preparatory day school founded in 1791. The town was set off from Berwick in 1814, followed by North Berwick in 1831.