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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- County
- Penobscot
- Incorporated town
- February 22, 1812
- Incorporated city
- March 30, 1889
- Type
- Mayor-council government
- Mayor
- Michele LaBree Daniels (2020–2022,2024-2025)
- City manager
- Eric Glidden
- Total
- 15.68 sq mi (40.62 km )
- Land
- 15.24 sq mi (39.47 km )
- Water
- 0.45 sq mi (1.16 km ) 2.87%
- Elevation
- 121 ft (37 m)
- Density
- 634.7/sq mi (245.07/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 (EST)
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip code
- 04412
- Fips code
- 23-06925
- Website
- www.brewermaine.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Brewer
- Population
- 9672
- Area
- 40.624128
- Elevation
- 15
- Official website
- www.brewerme.org
- Image
- Brewer ME.JPG
- Households
- 3891
- Dialing code
- 207
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- native label
- Brewer
- Commons category
- Brewer, Maine
- postal code
- 04412
- inception
- 1777-00-00
- P8168
- FLI
- water as percent of area
- 2.8762
- per capita income
- 28944
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Brewer is a city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Bangor metropolitan area. The city is named after its first settler, Colonel John Brewer. The population was 9,672 at the 2020 census.
Brewer is the sister city of Bangor. The two are at the head of navigation on opposite sides of the Penobscot River estuary and are connected by three bridges. Brewer and Bangor were originally both part of Condeskeag Plantation, though the Brewer part was also called "New Worcester" after John Brewer's birthplace. In 1788, Orrington, Maine was incorporated with Brewer/New Worcester as its major village. The other half of Kenduskeag incorporated in 1791 as Bangor. Finally, in 1812, Brewer broke away from Orrington and incorporated as a separate town.