Swift River

The Swift River is a 26.7-mile-long river in western Maine. It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River, which flows to the Kennebec River near its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rumford Public Library and Mountain Valley High School.

Rumford Public Library

Library

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The Rumford Public Library is a library in Rumford, Maine. The building it is in was designed by Maine architect John Calvin Stevens and was built with a funding grant from Andrew Carnegie in 1903.

Mountain Valley High School is a public high school in Rumford, Maine, United States, serving the towns of Rumford and nearby Mexico. It was formed in 1989 as a result of the merger of the town's two previous high schools.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mexico and Rumford.

Mexico

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Mexico, near Rumford, is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Mexico is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area.

Rumford

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Rumford is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Rumford is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area.

Peru

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Peru is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Peru is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. The population was 1,488 at the 2020 census.

Swift River

Type: Stream
Description: left tributary of Androscoggin River in Maine, USA
Category: body of water
Location: Oxford County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.55451° or 44° 33′ 16″ north

Longitude

-70.54423° or 70° 32′ 39″ west

Elevation

423 feet (129 metres)

Open location code

87PFHF34+R8

GeoNames ID

4980325

Wikidata ID

Q17106869

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Satellite Map

Discover Swift River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Swift River” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Swift”
Cebuano: “Swift River”
German: “Swift River”
Irish: “Abhainn Swift”
Venetian: “Swift”
Welsh: “Afon Swift”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ridlonville and Rumford.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Swift River Reservoir and Mexico Corner Cemetery.

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