Hallowell is a humble city of around 2,000 people, located in the Kennebec County of Maine. It is a part of the larger Augusta Maine New England City and Town area and is a popular tourist destination thanks to its culture and intriguing architecture. The town is named after Benjamin Hallowell, a merchant and one …
Ellsworth is a small city of around 7,000 people and is the county seat of Hancock County. It has plenty of historic buildings and tourist attractions and was the fastest growing city in the country from 2000 to 2010. Initially inhabited by Indians from the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes, over the years, many nations made …
Waterboro is a small city of around 7,000 people, located in the York County of Maine. The town includes multiple lakes, so was initially known as Massabesic, which translates into “the place of much water” in the Abenaki language. The land was first bought by Major William Phillips in 1661 and later passed to his …
Located in the Cumberland County of Maine, Falmouth is a town of around 11,000 people that is a part of the metropolitan area called “Portland-South Portland-Biddeford.” As a northern suburb of Portland, it is bordered by Casco Bay, which features one of the largest anchorages in Maine. Falmouth hosts three private golf clubs and the …
While Calais is one of the smallest cities in Maine, its proximity to the Canadian border ensures it regularly receives visitors heading north or south. The first settlement dates to 1779 and incorporation was just over two decades ago. It sits on the St. Croix River with three crossings over into Canada and St. Brunswick …
Gorham is a small town located in Cumberland County, Maine. It was incorporated in 1764, and the opening of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal in 1829, connecting Casco Bay with Sebago Lake, helped the town develop. The railroad may have led to the canal becoming relatively obsolete, but it made communications even easier. Built on …
Lisbon in Androscoggin County, Maine, gets its name from the Capital of Portugal. These days, it has a population of around 9,000, although there were small beginnings back at the end of the 18th century when it was part of a district known as the Little River Plantation. In 1799, a section of Little River …
Topsham is a small city of around 8,000 people, found in the Sagadahoc County of Maine. The area was initially inhabited by the Pejepscot Abenaki Indians, who controlled the Androscoggin River. A plague brought by the Europeans killed all the members of the tribe in 1615-16. Sixteen years later, the area was gifted by the …
Standish is a small city of around 10,000 people found in the Cumberland County of Maine. It includes plenty of smaller villages and localities and is also a part of the larger area of Portland-South Portland-Biddeford. Officially incorporated in 1785, it was inhabited long before that by the Abenaki tribe. In 1750, the land here …
Bath is a small city of around 8,000 people, located in the county of Sagadahoc, in the state of Maine. It is also the county seat and a popular attraction for tourists thanks to its old buildings from the 19th century. The first colony was established in the area in 1607 but it took many …