Howland
Howland is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States, which was settled in 1818. It was named after John Howland, one of the passengers on the Mayflower.- Type: Town with 1,090 residents
- Description: human settlement in Penobscot County, Maine, United States of America
- Also known as: “Howland, Maine” and “Howland, ME”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Penobscot Valley High School and West Enfield Dam.
Penobscot Valley High School
School
Penobscot Valley High School is a 9–12 school serving approximately 140 students in Howland, Maine, United States. PVHS also employs approximately 28 teachers. PVHS is the only 9-12 school in School Administrative Unit 31.
West Enfield Dam
Dam
The West Enfield Dam, also known as the Stanford Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Penobscot River just above its confluence with the Piscataquis River between the towns of Enfield and Howland in Penobscot County, Maine, USA.The dam actually traverses a thin strip of the territory of the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edinburg and Enfield.
Edinburg
Village
Edinburg is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 134 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bangor Metropolitan Statistical Area. Edinburg is situated 3 miles southeast of Howland.
Enfield
Village
Enfield is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,435 at the 2020 census. There is also a large seasonal population with many cottages located on Cold Stream Pond, a lake within the town. Enfield is situated 4½ miles east of Howland.
Passadumkeag
Village
Photo: E Julienn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Passadumkeag is a town on the east bank of the Penobscot River at the confluence with the Passadumkeag River in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. Passadumkeag is situated 4½ miles southeast of Howland.
Howland
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Town of Howland, Penobscot, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.24208° or 45° 14′ 32″ northLongitude
-68.65672° or 68° 39′ 24″ westPopulation
1,090Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)Open location code
87QH68RV+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 158835521OpenStreetMap feature
place=townWikidata ID
Q2740439
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Howland” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هاولاند”
- Basque: “Howland”
- Catalan: “Howland”
- Chechen: “Гауленд”
- Chinese: “豪蘭”
- Dutch: “Howland”
- Esperanto: “Hoŭlando”
- Esperanto: “Howland”
- French: “Howland”
- German: “Howland”
- Haitian: “Howland, Maine”
- Haitian: “Howland”
- Hungarian: “Howland”
- Italian: “Howland”
- Japanese: “ハウランド”
- Kazakh: “Xawlénd”
- Kazakh: “Хаулэнд”
- Kazakh: “حاۋلەند”
- Kirghiz: “Хаулэнд”
- Mazanderani: “هوولاند”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Howland”
- Norwegian: “Howland”
- Persian: “هوولاند”
- Polish: “Howland”
- Serbian: “Хауланд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Howland, Maine”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Howland”
- South Azerbaijani: “هوولاند، مئین”
- Spanish: “Howland”
- Swedish: “Howland”
- Tatar: “Гауленд”
- Turkish: “Howland, Maine”
- Turkish: “Howland”
- Ukrainian: “Гауленд”
- Urdu: “ہاولینڈ، میئن”
- Volapük: “Howland”
- Welsh: “Howland, Maine”
- Welsh: “Howland”
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Notable Places Nearby
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