Wells

Wells is a seacoast town in with about 10,500 permanent residents. Founded in 1643, it is the third-oldest town in Maine. Wells Beach is a popular summer destination.
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  • Type: Town with 11,300 residents
  • Description: town in York County, Maine, United States
  • Also known as: “Nampscoscoske”, “Neguntequit”, “Wells Beach Station”, “Wells, Maine”, and “Wells, ME”
  • Postal code: 04090

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wells Beach and Wells Regional Transportation Center.

Beach
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Railway station
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is an Amtrak train station in Wells, Maine. The station sits next to the Pan Am Railways mainline, formerly the Western Route mainline of the Boston and Maine Railroad.

Church
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The is a historic church building at 938 Post Road, on the corner of Rt. 1 and Buzzell Road in Wells, Maine. It was built in 1862 on the site of the first colonial meeting house in Wells, believed to have been built in 1664.

Wells

Latitude
43.322° or 43° 19′ 19″ north
Longitude
-70.5807° or 70° 34′ 51″ west
Population
11,300
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WZM
Open location code
87MF8CC9+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158808778
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4982390
Wiki­data ID
Q2446241
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Wells” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Wells”
  • Cebuano: “Wells Beach Station”
  • Chechen: “Веллс”
  • Chinese: “威尔斯”
  • Chinese: “威爾斯”
  • Chinese: “緬因威爾斯鎮”
  • Chinese: “韋爾斯”
  • Chinese: “韦尔斯”
  • Czech: “Wells”
  • Dutch: “Wells Beach Station”
  • Dutch: “Wells”
  • French: “Wells”
  • German: “Wells”
  • Greek: “Ουελς”
  • Haitian: “Wells, Maine”
  • Haitian: “Wells”
  • Hungarian: “Wells”
  • Irish: “Wells”
  • Italian: “Wells”
  • Japanese: “ウェルズ”
  • Kazakh: “Wélls”
  • Kazakh: “Уэллс”
  • Kazakh: “ۋەللس”
  • Kirghiz: “Уэллс”
  • Mazanderani: “ولس”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wells (Maine)”
  • Norwegian: “Wells”
  • Polish: “Wells”
  • Russian: “Уэллс”
  • Russian: “Уэлс”
  • Slovak: “Wells”
  • Slovenian: “Wells”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ولز، مئین”
  • Spanish: “Wells (Maine)”
  • Spanish: “Wells”
  • Tatar: “Веллс”
  • Turkish: “Wells”
  • Ukrainian: “Веллс”
  • Urdu: “ویلز، میئن”
  • Volapük: “Wells”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wells, Maine”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wells”
  • Welsh: “Wells, Maine”
  • Welsh: “Wells”

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