Eastport, Maine
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 Eastport, Maine
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| Coordinates: 44°54′49″N 67°0′14″W / 44.91361°N 67.00389°WCoordinates: 44°54′49″N 67°0′14″W / 44.91361°N 67.00389°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| State | Maine | ||
| County | Washington | ||
| Incorporated (town) | February 24, 1798 | ||
| Incorporated (city) | March 18, 1893 | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 12.34 sq mi (31.96 km2) | ||
| • Land | 3.63 sq mi (9.40 km2) | ||
| • Water | 8.71 sq mi (22.56 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 105 ft (32 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 1,331 | ||
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,308 | ||
| • Density | 366.7/sq mi (141.6/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| ZIP code | 04631 | ||
| Area code(s) | 207 | ||
| FIPS code | 23-21730 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0565748 | ||
| Website | eastport-me.gov | ||
Eastport is a small city (consisting entirely of islands) in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,331 at the 2010 census. The principal island is Moose Island, which is connected to the mainland by causeway. Eastport is the easternmost city in the United States (although the nearby town of Lubec is the easternmost municipality).
The native Passamaquoddy Tribe has called this area home for at least 10,000 years. Some archeologists estimate the habitation at 20,000 years. The first known European contact was the St. Croix colony founded by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1604. Near present-day Calais, the unsuccessful Saint Croix Island Acadia settlement predates the first successful English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, by three years. On June 25, 1604, Champlain and his men spent a long and severe winter on St. Croix Island with no fresh water and diminished supplies. Two-fifths of the men died of scurvy, and the colony moved across the Bay of Fundy to Port Royal in present-day Nova Scotia.
Fishermen and traders visited the area in the 17th century. Moose Island was first settled in 1772 by James Cochrane of Newburyport, Massachusetts, who would be joined by other fishermen from Newburyport and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On February 24, 1798, Eastport was incorporated as a town from Plantation Number 8 PS by the Massachusetts General Court, and named for being the easternmost port in the United States. Lubec, on the mainland, was set off and incorporated as a town on June 21, 1811.
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