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Androscoggin County, Maine

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—newspaper titles
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107historic places
—earliest paper
1854formed
111,139pop. 2020
193cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 107 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Lewiston, Auburn, Poland.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Maine is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Androscoggin titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

80 of 107 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

107 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
All Soul's ChapelMechanic FallsBuilding1977
Androscoggin County Courthouse and JailAuburnBuilding1983
Androscoggin Mill BlockLewistonBuilding2001
Araxine Wilkins Sawyer MemorialGreeneBuilding2025
Atkinson BuildingLewistonBuilding1983
Auburn Commercial Historic DistrictAuburnDistrict2014
Auburn Public LibraryAuburnBuilding1984
Bagley-Bliss HouseSouth DurhamBuilding1996
Barker MillAuburnBuilding1979
Bates Mill Historic DistrictLewistonDistrict2010
Big Ram SiteRam IslandSite1992
Briggs, William, HomesteadAuburnBuilding1986
Cape SiteWest LeedsSite1992
Clifford, John D., HouseLewistonBuilding1987
Clough Meeting HouseLewistonBuilding2013
College Block-Lisbon BlockLewistonBuilding1986
Continental Mill HousingLewistonBuilding1979
Cushman, Charles L., HouseAuburnBuilding1980
Danville Junction Grange #65Auburn (Danville)Building2016
Day, Holman, HouseAuburnBuilding1978
Dingley, Frank L., HouseAuburnBuilding1980
Dominican BlockLewistonBuilding1980
ElmsMechanic FallsBuilding1985
Engine HouseAuburnBuilding1978
Excelsior Grange #5PolandBuilding2016
Farwell MillLisbonBuilding1985
First Callahan BuildingLewistonBuilding1986
First McGillicuddy BlockLewistonBuilding1986
First National BankLewistonBuilding1986
First Universalist ChurchAuburnBuilding1979
Foss, Horatio G., HouseAuburnBuilding1976
Free Baptist ChurchAuburnDistrict1989
Frye, Sen. William P., HouseLewistonBuilding1976
Garcelon, A. A., HouseAuburnBuilding1986
Gay-Munroe HouseAuburnBuilding2001
Grand Trunk Railroad StationLewistonBuilding1979
Hathorn Hall, Bates CollegeLewistonBuilding1970
Healey AsylumLewistonBuilding1979
Holland, Captain, HouseLewistonBuilding1985
Holland-Drew HouseLewistonBuilding1978
Irish SiteEast AuburnSite1992
Isaacson, Philip M. and Deborah N., HouseLewistonBuilding2011
Jordan SchoolLewistonBuilding1984
Jordan, Charles A., HouseAuburnBuilding1974
Jordan, F.M., HouseAuburnBuilding2014
Keystone Mineral SpringsPolandBuilding2005
Kora TempleLewistonBuilding1975
Lamb BlockLivermore FallsBuilding2012
Lamoreau SiteAuburnSite1989
Lewiston City HallLewistonBuilding1976
Lewiston Commercial Historic DistrictLewistonDistrict2018
Lewiston Mills and Water Power System Historic DistrictLewistonDistrict2015
Lewiston Public LibraryLewistonBuilding1978
Lewiston Trust and Safe Deposit CompanyLewistonBuilding1986
Lincoln Street Fire StationLewistonBuilding2021
Lisbon Falls High SchoolLisbon FallsBuilding2007
Little, Edward, HouseAuburnBuilding1976
Lord BlockLewistonBuilding1986
Lord, James C., HouseLewistonBuilding1978
Lower Lisbon Street Historic DistrictLewistonDistrict1985
Lyceum HallLewistonBuilding1986
Main Street Historic DistrictAuburnDistrict1989
Main Street-Frye Street Historic DistrictLewistonDistrict2009
Maine State BuildingPolandBuilding1974
Maine Supply Company BuildingLewistonBuilding1986
Manufacturer's National BankLewistonBuilding1986
Marcotte Nursing HomeLewistonBuilding1985
Martel, Dr. Louis J., HouseLewistonBuilding1983
Moyer SiteKeens MillsSite1992
Munroe, Horace, HouseAuburnBuilding1980
Nelson Family FarmLivermoreDistrict1992
Norlands, TheLivermoreDistrict1969
Oak Street SchoolLewistonBuilding1976
Odd Fellows BlockLewistonBuilding1986
Osgood BuildingLewistonBuilding1986
Osgood, Nathaniel, HouseDurhamBuilding1985
Peck, Bradford, HouseLewistonBuilding2009
Penney, Samuel, HouseMechanics FallsBuilding2002
Pilsbury BlockLewistonBuilding1983
Poland Railroad StationPolandBuilding1980
Poland Spring Beach House, (Former)South PolandBuilding1999
Poland Spring Bottling Plant and Spring HousePolandBuilding1984
Poland Spring Historic DistrictPolandDistrict2013
Quartz Scraper SiteKeens MillsSite1992
Record, Judson, HouseLivermore FallsBuilding2015
Roak BlockAuburnBuilding1982
Robinson, William A., HouseAuburnBuilding1993
Saint Mary's General HospitalLewistonBuilding1987
Savings Bank BlockLewistonBuilding1978
Seaverns, George, HouseMechanic FallsBuilding1985
Second Callahan BlockLewistonBuilding1986
Shiloh TempleLisbon FallsBuilding1975
St. Cyril and St. Methodius ChurchLisbon FallsBuilding1977
St. Joseph's Catholic ChurchLewistonBuilding1989
Sts. Peter and Paul ChurchLewistonBuilding1983
Trinity Episcopal ChurchLewistonBuilding1978
Turner Cattle PoundTurnerStructure2009
Turner Town HouseTurnerBuilding1979
US Post Office-Lewiston MainLewistonBuilding1986
Union BlockLewistonBuilding1986
Union ChurchDurhamBuilding2001
Webster Grammar SchoolAuburnBuilding2010
Wedgewood, Dr. Milton, HouseLewistonBuilding1986
West Auburn SchoolAuburnBuilding2020
West Durham Methodist ChurchWest DurhamBuilding2003
Wilson I SiteEast AuburnSite1992
Wood Island SiteKeens MillsSite1992

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Androscoggin was formed in 1854 (1854-03-31) from Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln, Oxford.

ANDROSCOGGIN created from CUMBERLAND, KENNEBEC, LINCOLN, and OXFORD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Androscoggin County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

111k70k30k1860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
29,72645,04254,24265,79676,67983,59486,31299,657103,793111,139

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

193 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 193 listed
NameLatLon
Additon Cemetery44.25607-70.15533
Alden Cemetery44.41638-70.2404
Amos Estes Family Cemetery44.01253-70.38418
Andrews Cemetery44.11657-70.39288
Arel - Robbins Cemetery44.02399-70.36393
Atkinson Cemetery44.15256-70.35172
Auburn Plains Cemetery44.17202-70.232
Baker Cemetery44.18507-70.3056
Bear Pond Cemetery44.33506-70.27032
Beth Abraham Cemetery44.04473-70.23517
Bishop Hill Cemetery44.27298-70.09342
Black Cat District Cemetery44.01028-70.41227
Blake Cemetery44.01361-70.12031
Boothby Cemetery44.37642-70.20567
Bradbury Cemetery43.97117-70.19587
Briggs Cemetery44.12551-70.23026
Broadview Memorial Cemetery44.10516-70.18715
Brookvale Cemetery44.14857-70.28708
Brown Cemetery44.13386-70.37494
Bucknam Cemetery44.15206-70.38694
Carver Cemetery44.36685-70.17052
Cedar Grove Cemetery43.93735-70.1546
Center Hill Cemetery44.13215-70.3163
Chandler Cemetery44.17398-70.32036
Chase Family Cemetery44.26118-70.28834
Cheney Cemetery44.43983-70.21607
Chipman Farm Cemetery44.00116-70.3709
Clough Cemetery44.06258-70.1483
Conant Cemetery44.1818-70.21699
Coombs Cemetery44.11903-70.10394
Cotton Cemetery44.02423-70.13053
Cousens Cemetery44.08575-70.42001
Currier Cemetery44.13419-70.37502
Davis Cemetery44.0631-70.11688
Davis Cemetery44.06906-70.20991
Davis Cemetery44.10069-70.20698
Davis-Bryent Cemetery44.07268-70.10872
Deane Cemetery44.14196-70.36147
Dill Cemetery44.08099-70.18749
Dillingham Cemetery44.17928-70.27104
East Wales Cemetery44.15326-70.04034
Eaton Cemetery44.12266-70.10999
Empire Cemetery44.04142-70.31935
Evergreen Cemetery44.08571-70.25734
Fairfield Cemetery43.96909-70.07173
Fairview Cemetery44.34627-70.15347
Fish Cemetery44.30846-70.12017
Fisher Cemetery44.08312-70.03894
Fitz Cemetery44.04119-70.24389
Fletcher Road Cemetery44.06594-70.28139
Foss Cemetery44.34557-70.14787
Francis Cemetery44.32512-70.14028
Freeman Cemetery44.1748-70.31609
Friends Cemetery43.94103-70.07317
Fuller Cemetery44.42003-70.21346
Furbush Cemetery44.10951-70.08035
Garcelon Cemetery44.03506-70.17512
General Turner Hill Cemetery44.2807-70.2554
Gerrish Cemetery43.93027-70.10535
Gerrish Family Cemetery43.96082-70.12273
Gibbs Cemetery44.41707-70.19171
Goddard Cemetery44.0603-70.19746
Goding Cemetery44.46274-70.21846
Golder Cemetery44.12588-70.08629
Golder Cemetery44.08792-70.15256
Gracelawn Memorial Park44.12533-70.23313
Greenwood Cemetery44.18128-70.16489
Harlow Cemetery44.18363-70.32777
Harlow Family Cemetery44.30603-70.26704
Harmony Grove Cemetery43.95726-70.15945
Hawkes Cemetery44.14962-70.38359
Herrick Cemetery44.13452-70.19584
Herseyville Cemetery44.19298-70.29267
Hewey Cemetery44.07428-70.07001
Highland Cemetery43.90998-70.11809
Highland Cemetery44.04125-70.44769
Hilborn Cemetery44.17039-70.36905
Hillman Ferry Cemetery44.41699-70.16517
Hillside Cemetery43.99622-70.05325
Hilltop Cemetery43.9774-70.04297

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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