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Yarmouth's marina in 2022, looking south. Also known as Falls Village or The Falls, Lower Falls (named for the nearby First Falls) was the location of several mills from the 17th century onward, while—on the southern side of today's East Main Street Bridge—was Yarmouth's harbor, where many hundreds of ships were built and launched in the century between 1790 and 1890.
The history of Yarmouth, Maine, is closely tied to its position on the banks of the Royal River and its proximity to Casco Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Maine, itself a gulf of the Atlantic Ocean. Native Americans originally settled the area, and several wars between them and later European settlers occurred before they were driven from the area ...
The Royal River is a small river, 39 miles (63 km) long, [1] in southern Maine.The river originates in Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester and flows northeasterly into Auburn and then southerly through New Gloucester (via the Royal River Reservoir), Gray and North Yarmouth into Casco Bay at Yarmouth.
Brickyard Hollow is the central section of Main Street in Yarmouth, Maine, located between the Upper Village to the northwest and Lower Falls to the southeast. It is named for the brick-making business that was located across the street from the Masonic Hall (now the restaurant Gather) at 189 Main Street, [ 1 ] beneath the U.S. Route 1 overpass ...
Littlejohn Island is located in Casco Bay at It is connected by a causeway to Cousins Island, which is connected by a bridge to the mainland in Yarmouth. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Littlejohn Island CDP has a total area of 0.73 square miles (1.9 km 2), of which 0.35 square miles (0.9 km 2) is the island and 0.39 square miles (1.0 km 2), or 53.25%, is in the water ...
Grist Mill Park is an urban park in Yarmouth, Maine, United States.Located on East Main Street, in the town's Lower Falls area, and overlooking the Royal River's First Falls from the east, [1] [2] [3] the park partly occupies the former site of a 17th-century sawmill.
The Johnathan True House is a historic home at 43 East Main Street in the Lower Falls area of Yarmouth, Maine.Built in 1780, before Yarmouth's secession from North Yarmouth, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the town.
The Captain Reuben Merrill House is an historic house at 233 West Main Street in Yarmouth, Maine.Built in 1858, it is one of the town's largest and most elaborate 19th-century houses, and is one of three known surviving works of Portland architect Thomas J. Sparrow.