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As Somerset County, Massachusetts, from parts of Kennebec County: The county of Somerset in England. 51,302: 4,095 sq mi (10,606 km 2) Waldo County: 027: Belfast: 1827: From parts of Hancock County, Kennebec County and Lincoln County: Samuel Waldo, Maine landowner and a colonial soldier in the 1745 siege of Louisbourg. 40,620: 853 sq mi (2,209 ...
The Western Lakes and Mountains region spans most of Maine's western border with New Hampshire. A small part of the scenic White Mountain National Forest is located in this area. The region consists of Oxford County , Androscoggin County , Franklin County , as well as northern York and interior Cumberland counties.
The Northeastern Highlands ecoregion was within the range of other large mammals at the onset of European settlement, including boreal woodland caribou [3] — which inhabited northern Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine — as well as American bison, [4] which estimates have placed in western portions of the Catskills and Adirondacks.
Cumberland County is a county in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, the population was 303,069, [1] making it the most populous county in Maine. Its county seat is Portland. [2] Cumberland County was founded in 1760 from a portion of York County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, and named for William, Duke of Cumberland, a son of ...
Considered part of the Schoodic Foothills region, Blacks Woods and Catherine Mountain are part of the more specific area referred to as the “Downeast Outback”, being further inland. Local features include the Blacks Woods, Martin Ridge, Fox Pond, Spring River Lake, and various scenic spots dotting the Route 182 corridor between Franklin's ...
Bridgton is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,418 at the 2020 census. [2] A resort area in Maine's Lakes Region, Bridgton is home to Bridgton Academy, a private preparatory school, and the Four on the Fourth Road Race. Bridgton is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
State Route 10 (abbreviated SR 10) is a part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, located in the extreme northern part of the state near the Canada–US border. It is a secondary highway which runs for 9.3 miles (15.0 km) between U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Presque Isle and US 1A in Easton .
In 1959, the Maine Legislature voted to give the various mountains and ranges in northwest Maine. The collective name of the Longfellow Mountains, in honor of the Maine-born poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). This and most of Maine's mountain ranges and mountain peaks are part of the Appalachian Mountains System. [1]