Augusta

Also known as Augusta, Maine, Augusta, ME

county seat in Kennebec County, Maine, USA and Maine federated state capital city

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Augusta is the capital city of Maine and serves as the county seat of Kennebec County. As the state capital, it is where Maine's state government operates and makes decisions that affect the entire state.

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Official name: Augusta
Population: 18899
Area: 150.312898
Elevation: 20
Official website: www.augustamaine.gov
Image: Augusta, Maine skyline.jpg
Households: 9267
Dialing code: 207

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Commons category: Augusta, Maine
Commons gallery: Augusta, Maine
inception: 1628-00-00
P8168: Teena Marie
water as percent of area: 5.0007
official map URL: augustame.mapgeo.io
postal code: 04338
per capita income: 29095
hashtag: Augusta

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Augusta is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maine. The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 12th-most populous city in Maine, and third-least populous state capital in the United States. Augusta is the seat of and most populous city in Kennebec County.

English settlers from the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River explored the area in 1607. Before European settlement, Algonquian-speaking Indians lived in the area. In 1625, representatives of Plymouth Colony chose the east shore of the Kennebec for a trading post, which was likely built in 1628 and became known as "Cushnoc". The Kennebec Proprietors, successors to the Plymouth Company, built Fort Western near the site of the abandoned trading post in 1754 and began settlement efforts. The new village was incorporated as Hallowell in 1771, and the upriver part of town separated in 1797 to form the town of Harrington. On June 9, 1797, Harrington changed its name to Augusta and, in 1827, it was designated capital of Maine.