Usher Island
Usher Island is an island in Town of Buxton, York County, Maine. Usher Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bar Mills, as well as near Emory Corner.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Salmon Falls Historic District and Buxton Powder House.
Salmon Falls Historic District
Protected area
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The Salmon Falls Historic District encompasses a node of rural development in western Buxton, Maine. It includes thirteen historic properties, mainly Greek Revival in character, extending north along Maine State Route 117, north of its junction with Simpson Road, and two on the latter street, that were all built between about 1800 and 1850.
Buxton Powder House
Historic building
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The Buxton Powder House is a historic military storage magazine in Buxton, Maine. Built in 1813, this small brick building housed the community's military supplies during the War of 1812, and is one of three such structures to survive in the state.
Elden’s Store
Building
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Elden's Store is a historic commercial building on Long Plains Road in the center of Buxton, Maine. Built in 1802, it is the oldest commercial building in the rural community, and is one of the few historic brick commercial buildings in western York County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buxton and Town of Hollis.
Buxton
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Buxton is a small farming town in Maine that is in the Portland Metropolitan Area. Buxton includes the villages of Salmon Falls/Tory Hill, Chicopee, Groveville, Bar Mills, West Buxton, and Buxton Center.
Town of Hollis
Village
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Hollis is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,745 at the 2020 census. Hollis is a rural bedroom community of Portland and is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
Bar Mills
Neighborhood
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Bar Mills is an unincorporated village in the town of Buxton, York County, Maine, United States. The community is located along the Saco River at the junction of state routes 4A and 112. Bar Mills has a post office with ZIP code 04004.
Usher Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Town of Buxton, York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.6119° or 43° 36′ 43″ northLongitude
-70.5524° or 70° 33′ 9″ westOpen location code
87MFJC6X+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
way 81609927OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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