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Town of Verona Island

Verona Island

Verona Island is a town located on an island of the same name in the Penobscot River in , , United States. The population was 507 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Village with 507 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Hancock County, Maine, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Isle of Lett”, “Orphan Island”, “Penobscot Island”, “Verona”, “Verona Island, Maine”, and “Verona Island, ME”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buck Memorial Library and Fort Knox.

Library
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The is the public library of . It is located at 47 Maine Street in the center of the town, in an architecturally distinguished Gothic Revival stone structure designed by George A.

Fort
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, now State Park or State Historic Site, is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of , about 5 miles from the mouth of the river.

Museum
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The Bucksport Railroad Station is a historic railroad station on Main Street in , . The station was built in 1874 by the European and North American Railway, and is one of a small number of surviving rural railroad stations in Maine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bucksport and Orland.

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is a historical town in , Maine, United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census. is across the Penobscot River estuary from Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, which replaced the .

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is a town in , , United States. The population was 2,221 at the 2020 census.

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated village in the town of , , , United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 1 on the west bank of the Penobscot River estuary, 4.1 miles south of . is situated 3½ miles south of Verona Island.

Verona Island

Latitude
44.56564° or 44° 33′ 56″ north
Longitude
-68.79042° or 68° 47′ 26″ west
Population
507
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Open location code
87PHH685+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8464855993
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4981759
Wiki­data ID
Q3449505
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Verona Island” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Verona Island”
  • Catalan: “Verona Island”
  • Cebuano: “Verona”
  • Chechen: “Верона-Айленд”
  • Chinese: “韋羅納島”
  • Dutch: “Verona”
  • French: “Verona Island”
  • German: “Verona Island”
  • Haitian: “Verona Island, Maine”
  • Haitian: “Verona Island”
  • Hungarian: “Verona Island”
  • Italian: “Verona Island”
  • Kazakh: “Verona Aýlénd”
  • Kazakh: “Верона Айлэнд”
  • Kazakh: “ۆەرونا ايلەند”
  • Mazanderani: “ورونا آیلند”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Verona Island”
  • Norwegian: “Verona Island”
  • Polish: “Verona Island”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ورونا ایسلند، مئین”
  • Spanish: “Verona Island”
  • Tatar: “Верона-Айленд”
  • Turkish: “Verona Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Верона-Айленд”
  • Urdu: “ویرونا جزیرہ، مینے”
  • Urdu: “ویرونا جزیرہ”
  • Volapük: “Verona Island”
  • Welsh: “Verona Island, Maine”
  • Welsh: “Verona Island”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Prospect Ferry and Verona Park.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Verona Island Town Office and Penobscot River Boat Access.

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