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Kennebec County, Maine

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135historic places
—earliest paper
1799formed
123,642pop. 2020
224cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 135 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 7 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Augusta, Waterville, Gardiner.

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 Kennebec titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

92 of 135 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

135 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adams, D. V., Co.-Bussell and WestonAugustaBuilding1986
Alls Souls ChurchAugustaBuilding1978
Androscoggin Yacht ClubWayneBuilding2012
Augusta City Hall, FormerAugustaBuilding1997
Bailey, Charles M., LibraryWinthropBuilding1985
Bailey, Moses, HouseWinthrop CenterBuilding1984
Bangs, Algernon, HouseAugustaBuilding1982
Benton Grange #458BentonBuilding2004
Blaine, James G., House NHLAugustaBuilding1966
Blossom HouseMonmouthBuilding1989
Bond Street Historic DistrictAugustaDistrict2014
Brick SchoolWinslowBuilding1977
Brown Memorial LibraryClintonBuilding1975
Brunswick SquareGardinerDistrict2021
Capitol Complex Historic DistrictAugustaDistrict2001
Capitol ParkAugustaSite1989
Chandler StoreBelgradeBuilding1985
China Village Historic DistrictChinaDistrict1977
Christ Episcopal ChurchGardinerBuilding1973
Clark, Edmund and Rachel, HomesteadChinaBuilding2006
Cobbossee LighthouseWinthropStructure1984
Cobbosseecontee Dam SiteManchesterSite1976
Colburn House State Historic SitePittstonBuilding2004
Colburn SchoolPittstonBuilding2001
Colcord FarmsteadBentonDistrict2005
Colonial TheaterAugustaBuilding2014
Cony High SchoolAugustaBuilding1988
Cony, Gov. Samuel, HouseAugustaBuilding1985
Crosby Street Historic DistrictAugustaDistrict1986
Cumston HallMonmouthBuilding1973
Cushnoc (ME 021.02) NHLAugustaSite1989
Davis, John, HouseChelseaBuilding1983
Doughty BlockAugustaBuilding1986
Dutton-Small HouseVassalboroDistrict1990
East Vassalboro Grist and Saw MillEast VassalboroBuilding1982
Ellis, Dr. J. W., HouseAugustaBuilding1979
Elm Hill FarmHallowellBuilding1970
First Baptist ChurchWatervilleBuilding1976
Fort Halifax NHLWinslowBuilding1968
Fort Western NHLAugustaBuilding1969
Foster Farm BarnBelgradeBuilding2015
Foster-Redington HouseWatervilleBuilding2014
Fuller-Weston HouseAugustaBuilding1984
Gannett, Guy P., HouseAugustaBuilding1983
Gardiner Historic DistrictGardinerDistrict1980
Gardiner Railroad StationGardinerBuilding1982
Governor's House NHLTogusBuilding1974
Grant, Peter, HouseFarmingdaleBuilding1976
Grant, William F., HouseNorth VassalboroBuilding2006
Hallowell Historic District (Additional Documentation)HallowellDistrict1970
Hartford Fire StationAugustaBuilding2018
Heald HouseWatervilleBuilding2005
Hill, Gov. John F., MansionAugustaBuilding1977
Hodgkins, Ella R., Intermediate SchoolAugustaBuilding2015
Hussey-Littlefield FarmAlbionBuilding2016
Jones, Abel, HouseChinaBuilding1983
Jones, Eli and Sybil, HouseSouth ChinaBuilding1984
Journal BuildingAugustaBuilding1986
Kennebec Arsenal NHLAugustaDistrict1970
Kennebec County CourthouseAugustaBuilding1974
Kent Burying GroundFayetteSite2008
Kent's Hill School Historic DistrictKent's HillDistrict1979
Kresge BuildingAugustaBuilding1986
Leach, Philip, HouseVassalboroBuilding1983
Lee, Jesse, ChurchReadfieldBuilding1984
Libby-Hill BlockAugustaBuilding1986
Lithgow LibraryAugustaBuilding1974
Lockwood Mill Historic DistrictWatervilleDistrict2007
Lombard, Alvin O., HouseWatervilleBuilding1982
Lund, Jon, SiteWinthropSite1980
Maine Archeological Survey Site 53.36WinslowSite1990
Maine Industrial School for Girls Historic DistrictHallowellDistrict2003
Maine Insane HospitalAugustaDistrict1982
Maine Insane Hospital (Boundary Increase)AugustaDistrict2001
Maine State HouseAugustaBuilding1973
Masonic HallAugustaBuilding1986
Memorial HallOaklandBuilding1977
Mill Agent's HouseNorth VassalboroBuilding1983
Moody MansionPittstonBuilding2006
Morrill, Lot, HouseAugustaBuilding1974
Mt. Merici Historic DistrictWatervillleDistrict2019
Noble BlockAugustaBuilding1986
North Monmouth LibraryMonmouthBuilding2017
Oakland Public LibraryOaklandBuilding2000
OaklandsGardinerBuilding1973
Old Post OfficeAugustaBuilding1974
Pendle HillChinaBuilding1983
Pittston Congregational ChurchPittstonBuilding1978
Pond Meeting HouseChinaBuilding1983
Powder House LotHallowellBuilding2002
Powers HouseSidneyBuilding1979
Pressey HouseOaklandBuilding1977
Professional BuildingWatervilleBuilding1982
Quimby, Dr. Samuel, HouseMount VernonBuilding1990
Readfield Union Meeting HouseReadfieldBuilding1982
Redington HouseWatervilleBuilding1978
Reed, G. W., Travellers HomeBentonBuilding1982
River MeetinghouseVassalboroBuilding1977
Riverview HouseVassalboroBuilding2001
Robinson, Edward Arlington, House NHLGardinerBuilding1971
Row HouseHallowellBuilding1970
Seton, Elizabeth Ann, HospitalWatervilleBuilding2016
South China Meeting HouseChinaBuilding1983
South Parish Congregational Church and Parish HouseAugustaBuilding1980
Spruce Point CampsMount VernonDistrict2007
St. Mark's Episcopal ChurchAugustaBuilding1984
St. Mary's ChurchAugustaBuilding1987
Starling Grange #156 (former)FayetteBuilding
Stone, Capt. Nataniel, HouseFarmingdaleBuilding2003
Sturgis and Haskell BuildingAugustaBuilding1986
Tappan-Viles HouseAugustaBuilding1982
The BirchesBelgrade LakesBuilding1996
Tiffany ChapelSidneyBuilding2018
Togus VA Medical Center and National CemeteryAugustaDistrict2012
Two Cent BridgeWaterville-WinslowStructure1973
Underwood, Joseph H., HouseFayetteBuilding2005
Universalist-Unitarian ChurchWatervilleBuilding1978
Vassalboro MillVassalboroDistrict2020
Vaughan HomesteadHallowellBuilding1970
Vickery BuildingAugustaBuilding1984
Vienna Town HouseViennaBuilding1982
Water StreetAugustaDistrict2017
Waterville High SchoolWatervilleBuilding2010
Waterville Main Street Historic DistrictWatervilleDistrict2012
Waterville Main Street Historic DistrictWatervilleDistrict2016
Waterville Opera House and City HallWatervilleBuilding1976
Waterville Post OfficeWatervilleBuilding1977
Wayne Town HouseWayneBuilding1976
Whitehouse BlockAugustaBuilding1986
Williams BlockAugustaBuilding1986
Williams, John, HouseMount VernonBuilding1984
Wing Family CemeteryWayneSite1991
Winthrop Mills CompanyWinthropDistrict2014
Winthrop Street Historic DistrictAugustaDistrict2001
Winthrop Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)AugustaDistrict2008

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Kennebec was formed in 1799 (1799-02-20) from Lincoln.

KENNEBEC created by Massachusetts from LINCOLN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Kennebec County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

124k74k25k18001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
24,57142,62355,82355,65553,05859,11763,84477,23183,88189,150109,889117,114123,642

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

224 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 224 listed
NameLatLon
Abbott Cemetery44.53639-69.48598
Albion Cemetery 444.53554-69.40937
Allen Cemetery44.27546-69.67934
Ames Cemetery44.60029-69.58736
Annie Hill Cemetery44.39673-69.86277
Babb Cemetery44.20976-69.81797
Baker Cemetery44.55066-69.7198
Barber Cemetery44.35339-69.88372
Barton - Hinds Cemetery44.56926-69.55498
Barton Cemetery44.55073-69.69129
Beam Cemetery44.48414-69.94182
Bean Cemetery44.41059-69.82082
Beech Hill Cemetery44.3631-70.10435
Ben Venue Cemetery44.31995-69.787
Benson Family Cemetery44.2702-69.88347
Bickford Ellis Cemetery44.55887-69.77097
Blackman Cemetery44.27288-69.61086
Blanchard Cemetery44.24179-69.7662
Bolton Hill Cemetery44.33587-69.69121
Bowman Cemetery44.48379-69.7318
Brackett Cemetery44.36372-69.78705
Branch Mills Cemetery44.41051-69.47974
Brown Cemetery44.38194-69.71937
Brown Cemetery44.56918-69.51364
Butler Cemetery44.47776-70.00343
Center Vassalboro Baptist Cemetery44.40971-69.63003
Center Vassalboro Baptist Cemetery Extension44.40919-69.63026
Chadwick Hill Cemetery44.37536-69.57264
Chapman Cemetery44.51771-70.02877
Chase - Riverside Cemetery44.26987-69.69569
Chelsea Heights Cemetery44.28676-69.77676
China Neck Cemetery44.44076-69.55153
China Village Cemetery44.48006-69.5106
China Village Cemetery Extension44.46979-69.52463
Christ Church Cemetery44.22744-69.77444
Christ Church Cenotaphs44.22762-69.77457
Chute Cemetery44.57426-69.84222
Clark - Goff Cemetery44.42803-69.70674
Coburn Cemetery44.2967-69.58515
Cony Cemetery44.30101-69.76609
Coombs Cemetery44.34359-69.80826
Cooper Burial Lot44.13095-69.65852
Coss Hill Cemetery44.15301-69.75406
Cottles Cemetery44.38748-69.80227
Cowan Cemetery44.45572-69.78467
Cross Hill Cemetery44.38781-69.6519
Cummings Cemetery44.36102-69.77135
Cummings Cemetery44.3209-69.83838
Deer Hill Cemetery44.3675-69.51284
Dirigo Cemetery44.40586-69.52053
Douglas Cemetery44.2506-69.70247
Drummond Cemetery44.52417-69.64718
Dudley Cemetery44.40625-69.51943
Dudley Plains Cemetery44.39627-69.90754
Dunns Cemetery44.41869-69.91647
Dyer Hill Cemetery44.34537-69.59119
East Monmouth Cemetery44.23992-69.97895
East Readfield Cemetery44.36248-69.91077
East Vassalboro Methodist Cemetery44.44767-69.6103
East Winthrop Cemetery44.32092-69.89572
Evergreen Cemetery44.64311-69.51005
Evergreen Cemetery44.32806-70.03806
Fairbanks Cemetery44.22789-69.86031
Fairbanks Cemetery44.21555-69.88062
Fayette Corner Cemetery44.42364-70.07348
Fayette Mills Cemetery44.40469-70.03986
Field Cemetery44.45804-69.73839
Fitzgerald Cemetery44.60415-69.58454
Forest Grove Cemetery44.31595-69.7895
Fort Hill Cemetery44.54117-69.62514
Fowler Cemetery44.39192-69.61323
Franklin Cemetery44.55441-70.03308
Friends Cemetery44.44972-69.60389
Friends Cemetery44.31302-69.86961
Friends Cemetery44.46741-69.82493
Friends Cemetery44.25831-69.90593
Friends Churchyard Cemetery44.43674-69.52782
Frost Cemetery44.17347-69.99048
Getchell Cemetery44.49769-69.6314
Glenside Cemetery44.29895-70.00311
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Nehumkeag44.16952-69.75338

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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