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Lincoln County
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county in Maine, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- Founded
- November 1, 1760 ; 265 years ago ( November 1, 1760 )
- Named after
- Lincoln, England
- Seat
- Wiscasset
- Largest town
- Waldoboro
- Total
- 700 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Land
- 456 sq mi (1,180 km )
- Water
- 244 sq mi (630 km ) 35%
- Estimate 2025
- 36,595
- Density
- 77.3/sq mi (29.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- lincolncountymaine .me
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Lincoln
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Maine
- Contains
- South Bristol
- Capital
- Wiscasset
- Population
- 35237
- Area
- 1812
- Shares border with
- Knox County
- Official website
- co.lincoln.me.us
- Image
- Pownalborough Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 15665
Show 10 more facts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lincoln County, Maine
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lincoln County, Maine
- Commons category
- Lincoln County, Maine
- topic's main category
- Category:Lincoln County, Maine
- inception
- 1760-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 35
- native label
- Lincoln County
- different from
- Lincoln
- per capita income
- 35114
- topic has template
- Template:Lincoln County, Maine
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Encyclopedic overview
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,237. Its seat is Wiscasset. The county was founded in 1760 by the Massachusetts General Court from a portion of York County, Massachusetts and named after the English city Lincoln, the birthplace of Massachusetts Bay Provincial Governor Thomas Pownall.
At its founding, Lincoln County accounted for three-fifths of the state's land, and stretched east to Nova Scotia. Thirteen counties were cut out of this land including Sagadahoc County to the west and a portion of Kennebec County to the north. The county flag is a traditional New England flag, adopted in 1977.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lincoln County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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