Harpswell Center

Harpswell Center is a neighborhood in Town of Harpswell, Cumberland County, Maine and has about 5,280 residents. Harpswell Center is situated nearby to the neighborhood North Harpswell, as well as near the hamlet Birch Island.

Type: Neighborhood with 5,280 residents
Description: human settlement in Cumberland County, Maine, United States of America
Also known as: “Harpswell Centre”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harpswell Cattle Pound and Harpswell Meetinghouse.

Harpswell Cattle Pound

Historic site

The Harpswell Cattle Pound is a stone enclosure in Harpswell, Maine, United States. It was used to hold stray animals until they could be reunited with their owners.

Harpswell Meetinghouse

Place of worship

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Harpswell Meetinghouse is a historic colonial meeting house on Maine State Route 123 in Harpswell, Maine. Built in 1757-59 to provide space for both religious services and town meetings, it is a little-altered and well-preserved example of a once-common form, and is the oldest such surviving building in the state of Maine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harpswell and Bailey Island.

Harpswell

Village

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Harpswell is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, on Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. The population was 5,031 at the 2020 census. Harpswell is composed of a peninsula contiguous with the rest of Cumberland County, called Harpswell Neck, as well as three large islands connected by bridges: Sebascodegan Island, Orr's Island, and Bailey Island.

Bailey Island

Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.

Bailey Island is an island in Casco Bay, and a part of the town of Harpswell, in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bailey Island had a year-round population of 363 people.

South Freeport

Neighborhood

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South Freeport is an unincorporated village in the town of Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The community is located on Casco Bay, 2.6 miles south of the village of Freeport. South Freeport is situated 6 miles west of Harpswell Center.

Harpswell Center

Categories: town in the United States and locality
Location: Town of Harpswell, Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.79951° or 43° 47′ 58″ north

Longitude

-69.98706° or 69° 59′ 13″ west

Population

5,280

Elevation

128 feet (39 metres)

United Nations Location Code

US HP4

Open location code

87MGQ2X7+R5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158851971

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4966554

Wikidata ID

Q33443374

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Harpswell Center” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Harpswell Center”
Dutch: “Harpswell Center”
Japanese: “ハープスウェル・センター”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Harpswell Center”
Russian: “Харпсвелл Центр”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as North Harpswell and Birch Island.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Harpswell Historical Society Museum and Kellogg Church.

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