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Sagadahoc County, Maine

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—newspaper titles
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62historic places
—earliest paper
1854formed
36,699pop. 2020
89cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 62 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Bath, Phippsburg, Georgetown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

37 of 62 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

62 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bath Historic District (Additional Documentation)BathDistrict1973
Butterfield-Sampson HouseBowdoinhamBuilding1996
Carr, Robert P., HouseBowdoinhamBuilding1990
Cathance Water TowerTopshamStructure2001
Clarke and Lake Company Archeological SiteBathSite1978
Cold Spring FarmPhippsburgBuilding1985
Coombs, Viola, HouseBowdoinhamBuilding1991
Cornish HouseBowdoinhamBuilding1980
Crooker, W. D., HouseBathBuilding1979
Days Ferry Historic DistrictBathDistrict1975
Donnell, William T., HouseBathBuilding1989
Doubling Point Light StationBathDistrict1988
Fiddler's Reach Fog SignalArrowsicStructure2009
First Baptist Church of Bowdoin and Coombs CemeteryBowdoin CenterDistrict1997
Fort Baldwin Historic SitePhippsburgSite1979
Fort Popham MemorialPopham BeachBuilding1969
Grey Havens InnGeorgetownBuilding1985
Harward Family HouseRichmondBuilding1996
Hathorn, Lt. John, HouseWoolwichBuilding1980
Heal Family HouseGeorgetownBuilding1994
Hunter SiteTopshamSite1984
Huse, John E.L., Memorial SchoolBathBuilding2016
Hyde MansionBathBuilding1978
Ingraham, Charles H., CottagePhippsburgBuilding1986
Kennebec River Light StationBathDistrict1988
King, Gov. William, HouseBathBuilding1976
MARY E. (Schooner)BathStructure2019
Malaga IslandPhippsburgSite2023
Manley, Joseph and Susan, Summer CottageSmall PointBuilding1998
McCobb-Hill-Minott HousePhippsburgBuilding1977
Merritt, Captain, HouseBathBuilding1985
Mill Cove SchoolBathBuilding2000
Peacock TavernRichmondBuilding1986
Pejepscot Paper CompanyTopshamBuilding1974
Pejepscot SitePejepscotSite1987
Percy District School House, (Former)Parker HeadBuilding1999
Percy and Small ShipyardBathDistrict1971
Perkins Island Light StationGeorgetownDistrict1988
Popham Colony SitePopham BeachSite1970
Purinton Family FarmTopshamBuilding1989
Randall-Hildreth HouseTopshamBuilding2004
Reed, Robert, HouseWoolrichBuilding1982
Richmond Historic District (Additional Documentation)RichmondDistrict1973
Riggs, Benjamin, HouseGeorgetownBuilding1988
Riggs-Zorach HouseGeorgetownBuilding1988
Robinhood Free MeetinghouseGeorgetownBuilding2016
Ropes EndPhippsburgBuilding2001
Seguin Island Light StationGeorgetownBuilding1977
Small Point ClubSmall PointBuilding1999
Snipe FarmArrowsicBuilding2023
Southard BlockRichmondBuilding1972
Squirrel Point Light StationPhippsburgDistrict1988
Stone SchoolhouseGeorgetownBuilding1977
Swan Island Historic DistrictRichmondDistrict1995
Topsham Fairgrounds GrandstandTopshamStructure1992
Topsham Historic DistrictTopshamDistrict1978
Trufant Historic DistrictBathDistrict2004
U.S. Customhouse and Post OfficeBathBuilding1970
Wallace-Haskell HomesteadPhippsburgDistrict2017
Washington Park Historic DistrictBathBuilding2024
Winter Street ChurchBathBuilding1971
Woolwich Town HouseBathBuilding1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Sagadahoc was formed in 1854 (1854-04-04) from Lincoln.

SAGADAHOC created from LINCOLN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

37k27k17k1860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
21,79019,27220,33023,02119,12320,91122,79328,79535,21436,699

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

89 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 89 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Cemetery44.04996-69.9396
Alfered Lee Farm Cemetery43.8545-69.79858
Allard Cemetery44.13444-69.88102
Bailey Cemetery43.9593-69.73547
Barlett Family Cemetery43.78743-69.86818
Bay View Cemetery43.9861-69.891
Beals Cemetery43.86882-69.73847
Blanchard Cemetery44.07866-69.90609
Bowdoinham Village Cemetery44.01175-69.89603
Brown Family Cemetery44.14425-69.8749
Brown Point Cemetery44.00812-69.84005
Buker Cemetery44.08194-69.93897
Butler Cemetery43.83642-69.81546
Call Cemetery44.06391-69.79047
Calvary Cemetery43.93518-69.81951
Clark Cemetery43.76032-69.77922
Coombs Cemetery44.03929-69.94553
Cotton Cemetery44.08971-69.8172
Curtis Cemetery44.1184-69.82089
Dinsmore Cemetery44.05012-69.84935
Dromore Cemetery43.84112-69.8129
Drummond Cemetery43.80952-69.80949
Drummond Cutting Cemetery43.84103-69.81291
Dummer Street Cemetery43.92495-69.81682
Eaton Cemetery43.85385-69.82598
Eaton Cemetery43.92957-69.98711
Elmlawn Cemetery43.96937-70.02276
Evergreen Cemetery44.09651-69.80749
Fairview Cemetery43.87644-69.82921
First Parish Cemetery43.90095-69.84037
Five Island Cemetery43.82234-69.7164
Fred Wyman Cemetery43.77481-69.80067
Gaubert Cemetery44.11217-69.78141
Gilman and Bliston Cemetery43.77063-69.83838
Grover Cemetery43.98613-69.72073
Haley Cemetery43.93177-69.98836
Harris Cemetery43.79205-69.86489
Harwards Cemetery44.03375-69.82652
Hillside Cemetery43.78005-69.80129
Hix Small Cemetery44.06091-69.96729
Hodgkins Cemetery43.97852-69.81126
Hutchins - Small Cemetery43.831-69.84133
Hutchins Cemetery43.81411-69.84741
J R Clifford Cemetery43.85776-69.82327
Jacques Cemetery44.02105-69.94294
Kelley Family Cemetery43.78172-69.79806
Laurel Grove Cemetery43.97115-69.78408
Lee Cemetery43.8553-69.79993
Lemont Cemetery43.91946-69.86218
Leonard Family Cemetery44.02907-69.96811
Lewis Cemetery44.03444-69.95208
Lithgow Morse Farms Burying Ground43.87349-69.80536
Lombard Cemetery43.87272-69.85126
Maple Grove Cemetery43.91992-69.826
Marine Cemetery43.78347-69.83065
Maxwell Cemetery44.0375-69.82664
McMahan Island Apple Cemetery43.84627-69.70452
McMahan Learned Cemetery43.83928-69.70837
Murphys Corner Cemetery43.92172-69.73656
Nequasset Cemetery43.93287-69.77867
North Cemetery44.10497-69.98728
Oak Cemetery43.80101-69.75781
Oak Grove Cemetery43.92436-69.83042
Plumer Cemetery44.11997-69.8681
Purinton Cemetery44.05637-69.91699
Randall Cemetery44.00837-69.86053
Reed Cemetery44.12671-69.83079
Ridge Cemetery44.0679-69.87648
Riverside Cemetery43.95622-69.80893
Riverview Cemetery43.92631-69.95952
Rogers Cemetery43.95063-69.93072
Rollins Cemetery43.78884-69.80691
Samuel Small Cemetery43.81573-69.85286
Sebasco School Cemetery43.78579-69.86019
Small Cemetery44.05581-69.85162
South Bowdoin Cemetery44.01411-69.97479
Starbird Cemetery44.07279-69.91259
Sturtevant Cemetery44.0947-69.90199
Swan Island Cemetery44.06724-69.79467
Timothy Bowker Cemetery43.82714-69.83725
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Nequsset43.91869-69.80116
Wynburg43.81564-69.8531

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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