Harpswell
Harpswell is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. The population was 5,031 at the 2020 census. Harpswell is composed of land 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 and over 200 smaller islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 5,030 residents
- Description: town in Maine
- Also known as: “Harpswell, Maine”, “Harpswell, ME”, and “North Harpswell”
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
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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.
Harpswell
- Categories: New England town and locality
- Location: Town of Harpswell, Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.79955° or 43° 47′ 58″ northLongitude
-69.98767° or 69° 59′ 16″ westPopulation
5,030Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
87MGQ2X6+RWOpenStreetMap ID
node 7414987064OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4973663Wikidata ID
Q3448716
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Harpswell” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هاربسويل”
- Catalan: “Harpswell”
- Chechen: “Гарпсвелл”
- Chinese: “哈普斯韋爾”
- Danish: “Harpswell”
- Dutch: “Harpswell”
- French: “Harpswell”
- German: “Harpswell”
- Greek: “Χάρπσουελ”
- Haitian: “Harpswell, Maine”
- Haitian: “Harpswell”
- Hungarian: “Harpswell”
- Irish: “Harpswell”
- Italian: “Harpswell”
- Japanese: “ハープスウェル”
- Kazakh: “Xarpsvéll”
- Kazakh: “Харпсвэлл”
- Kazakh: “حارپسۆەلل”
- Kirghiz: “Харпсвэлл”
- Mazanderani: “هارپزول”
- Polish: “Harpswell”
- Portuguese: “Harpswell”
- Russian: “Харпсуэлл”
- Spanish: “Harpswell”
- Tatar: “Гарпсвелл”
- Turkish: “Harpswell”
- Ukrainian: “Гарпсвелл”
- Volapük: “Harpswell”
- Welsh: “Harpswell, Maine”
- Welsh: “Harpswell”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Harpswell Center and North Harpswell.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Harpswell Historical Society Museum and Harpswell Garden Club.
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