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Lincoln County
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county in Maine, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Lincoln County is referenced by 459 other articles, and connects out to Maine, African Americans and Germans.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ME, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1760 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Lincoln County, Maine and Maine counties.
Its subject is documented across 50 Wikipedia language editions.
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
- Population
- 35237
- Area
- 1812
- Official website
- co.lincoln.me.us
- Image
- Pownalborough Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 15665
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- Commons category
- Lincoln County, Maine
- inception
- 1760-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 35
- native label
- Lincoln County
- per capita income
- 35114
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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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On the map
2 mapped locations