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Lincoln County, Maine

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—newspaper titles
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109historic places
—earliest paper
1760formed
35,237pop. 2020
119cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 109 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Boothbay, Newcastle, Damariscotta.

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 Lincoln titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

61 of 109 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

109 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alna MeetinghouseAlna CenterBuilding1970
Alna SchoolAlnaBuilding1975
Arch BridgeBristolStructure2003
Archeological Site 16.175BoothbaySite1984
Archeological Site 16.198BoothbaySite1984
Archeological Site 16.20BoothbaySite1984
Archeological Site 16.21BoothbaySite1984
Archeological Site 16.37 Area I and IIBoothbaySite1984
Archeological Site 16.38BoothbaySite1984
Archeological Site 16.47BoothbaySite1984
Archeological Site 16.68BoothbaySite1984
Archeological Site 16.73BoothbaySite1984
Archeological Site 16.8BoothbaySite1984
Archeological Site 26.27BoothbaySite1984
Auld-McCobb HouseBoothbay HarborBuilding1988
Averill - Philbrick HouseAlnaBuilding2025
Boothbay Harbor Memorial LibraryBoothbay HarborBuilding1977
Bowman-Carney HouseDresdenBuilding1971
Bremen Town Hall, FormerMedomakBuilding2000
Brick House Historic District NHLNewcastleDistrict2009
Bridge AcademyDresdenBuilding1987
Burnt Island Light StationBoothbay HarborBuilding1977
CORA F. CRESSEYBremenStructure1990
Carleton, Moses, HouseAlnaBuilding2002
Chapman-Hall HouseDamariscottaBuilding1970
Chimney FarmNobleboroDistrict2007
Clary MillWhitefieldBuilding2004
Coffin, Stephen, HouseDamariscottaBuilding1987
Colonial Pemaquid Archeological DistrictPemaquid Beach1978
Congregational Church of EdgecombNorth EdgecombBuilding1987
Cottage on King's RowBristolBuilding2016
Cottrill, Matthew, HouseDamariscottaBuilding1974
Cuckolds Light StationSouthportStructure2002
Damariscotta Baptist ChurchDamariscottaBuilding1985
Damariscotta Oyster Shell HeapsDamariscottaSite1969
Damariscotta Shell Midden Historic DistrictDamariscottaDistrict1998
Damariscove Island Archeological SiteBoothbaySite1978
Damariscove Lifesaving StationBoothbayBuilding1987
Dodge Point SiteNewcastleSite1991
Dresden Brick School HouseDresdenBuilding1986
Dresden Town HouseDresden MillsBuilding2000
Fisherman's IslandBoothbayDistrict2014
Fort EdgecombEdgecombBuilding1969
Fort Edgecomb (Boundary Increase)EdgecombDistrict1991
Fort William HenryPemaquid BeachStructure1969
German Church and CemeteryWaldoboroBuilding1970
Glidden-Austin BlockNewcastleBuilding1975
Gray House, OldBoothbayBuilding2007
Harrington MeetinghousePemaquidBuilding1970
Head Tide Historic DistrictAlnaDistrict1974
Hendricks Head Light StationWest SouthportDistrict1987
Hilton, Anne, SiteNewcastleSite1989
Huston HouseDamariscottaBuilding1985
Hutchins HouseWaldoboroBuilding1982
Influence, TheMonheganBuilding1983
Jackson, Dr. F. W., HouseJeffersonBuilding1980
Jefferson Cattle PoundJeffersonStructure2004
Jefferson Town HouseJeffersonBuilding1999
Kavanagh, Gov. Edward, House (Additional Documentation)NewcastleBuilding1974
Kent, Rockwell, Cottage and StudioMonhegen PlantationBuilding1992
Knight-Corey HouseBoothbayBuilding1980
Lithgow HouseDresdenBuilding1985
Loudville ChurchLoudvilleBuilding1995
Ludwig, Godfrey, HouseWaldoboroBuilding1980
Main Street Historic DistrictDamariscottaDistrict1979
Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)DamariscottaDistrict2001
Means, Emily, HouseSouth BristolBuilding1985
Monhegan Island Lighthouse and QuartersMonhegan IslandBuilding1980
Moore, John, HouseEdgecombBuilding1979
Nahanada Village SiteBristolSite1980
Nickels-Sortwell House NHLWiscassetBuilding1970
Parson's BendAlnaBuilding2005
Parsons, Josiah K., HomesteadWiscassetBuilding1982
Parsons, Stephen, HouseEdgecombBuilding1983
Pemaquid Point LightBristolBuilding1985
Pemaquid Restoration and Museum NHLPemaquid BeachDistrict1969
Perkins Homestead NHLNewcastle
Pownalborough CourthouseDresdenBuilding1970
Pythian Opera HouseBoothbay HarborBuilding2008
Ram Island Light StationBoothbay HarborDistrict1988
Red Brick SchoolWiscassetBuilding1970
Scott, Capt. George, HouseWiscassetBuilding1972
Second Congregational ChurchNewcastleBuilding1979
Sheepscot Historic DistrictNew CastleDistrict1978
Sproul HomesteadSouth BristolBuilding1978
Sprucewold LodgeBoothbay HarborBuilding2014
Squire Tarbox HouseWestportBuilding1985
St. Andrew's ChurchNewcastleBuilding1976
St. Denis Catholic ChurchNorth WhitefieldBuilding1976
St. John's Anglican Church and Parsonage SiteDresdenSite1978
St. John's Episcopal ChurchDresden MillsBuilding1991
St. Patrick's Catholic ChurchNewcastleBuilding1973
Taylor Site 16.65BoothbaySite1984
Tenants Harbor Light StationTenants HarborDistrict1987
Thompson IcehouseSouth BristolBuilding1974
U.S. Customhouse (Old Customhouse) and Post OfficeWiscassetBuilding1970
U.S. Customhouse and Post OfficeWaldoboroBuilding1974
Union ChurchRound PondBuilding1998
Union Meeting House, (Former)WestportBuilding2002
Village School at Puddle DockAlnaBuilding2024
Waldo TheatreWaldoboroBuilding1986
Waldoborough Town PoundWaldoboroStructure1976
Walpole MeetinghouseWalpoleBuilding1976
Weston, Daniel, HomesteadMedomakBuilding1979
Westport Community ChurchWestportBuilding2002
Wetherill SiteWaldoboroSite1992
Whitefield Union HallWhitefieldBuilding2007
Wiscasset Historic DistrictWiscassetDistrict1973
Wiscasset Jail and MuseumWiscassetBuilding1970

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lincoln was formed in 1760 (1760-11-01) from York.

LINCOLN created by Massachusetts from YORK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lincoln County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

75k45k15k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
29,23630,22553,18963,51727,86024,82119,66915,97616,29418,00418,49725,69133,61635,237

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 119 listed
NameLatLon
Alna Cemetery44.08597-69.61849
Ancient Cemetery44.0046-69.6647
Ancient Cemetery43.98707-69.65001
Bailey Sewall Cemetery43.8822-69.70107
Baptist Cemetery43.96389-69.6275
Barstow Cemetery44.06781-69.50869
Bartlett Webber Cemetery43.90628-69.71582
Bethlehem Cemetery44.04358-69.50464
Booth Harrison Ward Cemetery43.89451-69.72002
Bruce Pierce - Alden Jewett Cemetery43.87542-69.71111
Calvary Cemetery44.22811-69.6104
Cameron - Joseph Hodgdon Cemetery43.89052-69.70319
Captain George P Parsons Cemetery43.94416-69.68034
Captain Henry Dunton Cemetery43.8959-69.71528
Charles Cromwell Cemetery43.94358-69.6903
Cornelius Tarbox Cemetery43.88306-69.72366
Creamer Cemetery44.11618-69.39477
Dodge Cemetery43.9982-69.61068
Dunbar Cemetery44.08489-69.48625
Dunton Gilmore Cemetery43.89538-69.72521
Dutch Neck Cemetery44.04829-69.37877
East Side Cemetery43.88598-69.69896
Eastman Cemetery44.32923-69.42143
Eugley Cemetery44.06568-69.40885
Evergreen Cemetery44.00505-69.41075
Evergreen Cemetery44.00832-69.6663
Ezekiel Tarbox Cemetery43.88022-69.70475
Fairview Cemetery44.21171-69.44203
Farnham Cemetery43.85539-69.57458
Ford Cemetery44.16124-69.54779
Forest Hill Cemetery44.08728-69.77409
Forest Lake Cemetery44.14092-69.44254
Fowles Ames Skinner Cemetery43.9335-69.67781
German Protestant Cemetery44.08996-69.39086
Glidden Cemetery44.01279-69.55351
Greenleaf Cemetery 143.94454-69.68
Greenleaf Cemetery Number 0343.92129-69.70171
Grove Cemetery43.82518-69.67782
Hall Cemetery44.07646-69.49088
Harriman Mitchell Stacy Cemetery43.86371-69.71109
Heal Shattuck Cemetery43.89427-69.72785
Henry Kehail Cemetery43.87655-69.70093
Herriman Cemetery44.11051-69.69955
Highland Cemetery44.20427-69.54248
Hillside Cemetery44.00479-69.42588
Hillside Cemetery44.03469-69.52133
Hodgdon Cemetery43.90051-69.72195
Hodgdon Dunton Dickson Cemetery43.87821-69.69955
Hopkins Cemetery44.14193-69.55695
Huntoon Hill Cemetery44.03335-69.65739
Jackson Cemetery44.03211-69.63946
Jacob Dunton Cemetery43.902-69.69432
James Jewett Cemetery43.86706-69.71036
James McCarty Cemetery43.90862-69.6948
Jewett Nelson Blake Moore Cemetery43.86937-69.71072
Jewett Schweppe Cemetery43.8709-69.71128
John Moore Cemetery43.94368-69.69018
Jonas S Knight Cemetery43.94845-69.68456
Jonathan Fowle Cemetery43.91529-69.70513
Jordan Tarbox Cemetery43.89292-69.69892
Kehail Cemetery43.86735-69.72107
Lewis Cemetery43.8856-69.675
Lincoln Cemetery44.06936-69.54482
Loudville Cemetery43.92266-69.43273
Lowell Cemetery44.0656-69.70965
Main Cemetery43.87418-69.56118
Manson Dunton Cemetery43.88814-69.70051
Maple Grove Cemetery43.96152-69.45544
Maple Grove Cemetery44.04765-69.76256
Marston Cemetery44.05857-69.68581
Mayers Cemetery44.07909-69.73253
McKinney Daughters Cemetery43.87837-69.72406
McKinney and Colby Cemetery43.94539-69.68856
Nathan Hodgdon Cemetery43.88991-69.70292
Nehemiah Colby Cemetery43.9657-69.67141
North Edgecomb Cemetery43.97631-69.63403
Noyes Cemetery44.20982-69.58263
Oaklawn Cemetery43.86794-69.61238
Ocean Hill Cemetery43.90444-69.48069
Oceanview Cemetery43.87918-69.62812
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Pemaquid43.90675-69.51505

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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