Machias
Machias is a town in and the county seat of Washington County in Down East Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 2,060. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,060 residents
- Description: town in Washington County, Maine, United States
- Also known as: “Machias, Maine” and “Machias, ME”
- Postal code: 04654
Places of Interest
Highlights include Machias Post Office and Customhouse and Porter Memorial Library.
Machias Post Office and Customhouse
Historic building
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The former Machias Post Office and Customhouse is a historic government building at Maine and Center Streets in Machias, Maine. Built in 1872, it is a prominent local example of Italianate architecture executed in brick.
Porter Memorial Library
Library
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Porter Memorial Library is the public library of Machias, Maine. It is located at 92 Court Street in the center Machias, in an architecturally distinguished Romanesque Revival building, whose construction was funded by native son Henry Homes Porter.
Centre Street Congregational Church
Church
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Centre Street Congregational Church is a historic church at 9 Center Street in Machias, Maine. Built in 1836–37, it is an important early example of Gothic Revival architecture in northern New England, apparently based on an early design by the noted Gothic architect Richard Upjohn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marshfield and Whitneyville.
Marshfield
Village
Marshfield is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 528 at the 2020 census. Marshfield is situated 1½ miles northwest of Machias.
Whitneyville
Village
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Whitneyville is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The town was named after Colonel Joseph Whitney, a mill owner. The population was 202 at the 2020 census. Whitneyville is situated 3 miles west of Machias.
Machiasport
Village
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Machiasport is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 962 at the 2020 census. Machiasport is a historic seaport and tourist destination. Machiasport is situated 3½ miles east of Machias.
Machias
- Categories: town in the United States, county seat, and locality
- Location: Town of Machias, Washington, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.71436° or 44° 42′ 52″ northLongitude
-67.45827° or 67° 27′ 30″ westPopulation
2,060Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)United Nations Location Code
US ACIOpen location code
87PJPG7R+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 158903331OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Machias” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ماتشياس”
- Belarusian: “Мачаяс”
- Bulgarian: “Мъчайъс”
- Catalan: “Machias”
- Cebuano: “Machias”
- Chechen: “Макиес”
- Chinese: “馬柴厄斯”
- Chinese: “马柴厄斯”
- Czech: “Machias”
- Dagbani: “Machias”
- Dutch: “Machias”
- French: “Machias”
- German: “Machias”
- Haitian: “Machias, Maine”
- Haitian: “Machias”
- Hebrew: “מצ’יאס”
- Hungarian: “Machias”
- Irish: “Machias”
- Italian: “Machias”
- Japanese: “マチャイアス”
- Kazakh: “Maçïas”
- Kazakh: “Мачиас”
- Kazakh: “ماتشىياس”
- Kirghiz: “Мачиас”
- Korean: “머차이어스”
- Mazanderani: “ماچیاس”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Machias”
- Norwegian: “Machias”
- Polish: “Machias”
- Russian: “Мачайас”
- Serbian: “Мачајас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Machias, Maine”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Machias”
- Slovak: “Machias”
- Slovenian: “Machias”
- Spanish: “Machias (Maine)”
- Spanish: “Machias”
- Swedish: “Machias, Maine”
- Swedish: “Machias”
- Tatar: “Макиес”
- Turkish: “Machias, Maine”
- Turkish: “Machias”
- Ukrainian: “Макіес”
- Urdu: “ماچیاس، مائینی”
- Volapük: “Machias”
- Welsh: “Machias, Maine”
- Welsh: “Machias”
- “Machias”
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