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Winslow is a town and census-designated place in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, along the Kennebec River across from Waterville. The population was 7,948 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ]
Maine's congressional districts since January 3, 2023. Maine is divided into two congressional districts , each represented by an elected member of the United States House of Representatives . Unlike every other U.S. state except for Nebraska , Maine apportions two of its Electoral College votes according to congressional district , making each ...
Prouts Neck first appears on a map by Samuel de Champlain from his 1604 explorations of New England. In early times, it was known as Black Point because of the dark appearance of its forests. Captain Thomas Cammock, a nephew of the Earl of Warwick, was the first European settler of present day Prouts Neck.
Fort Halifax is a former British colonial outpost on the banks of the Sebasticook River, just above its mouth at the Kennebec River, in Winslow, Maine. [1] Originally built as a wooden palisaded fort in 1754, during the French and Indian War, only a single blockhouse survives.
The Brick School is a historic one-room schoolhouse on Cushman Road in Winslow, Maine. Built about 1810, it is one of the oldest surviving district schools in the state of Maine. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, [1] and is now owned and maintained by the town's historic preservation committee
The Ticonic Footbridge, popularly known as the Two Cent Bridge or the Two Penny Bridge, is a suspension bridge that spans the Kennebec River between the city of Waterville and the town of Winslow in Kennebec County, Maine.
Winslow Memorial Park (also known as Winslow Park) is a coastal park and campground in Freeport, Maine, United States. [1] Set in 90 acres (0.14 sq mi), it is located near the southern end of the Harraseeket River, near its mouth with Casco Bay, at the eastern end of Staples Point Road. The northern side of the park looks out over Staples Cove.
The Jonas R. Shurtleff House stood in southern Winslow, on the west side of US 201, a short distance south of its junction with Maine State Route 137. It was a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, vertical board siding, and a granite foundation. The main roof gable and side gables were adorned with bargeboard trim.