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Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston
Maine
City of Maine
Androscoggin County
Lewiston skyline
Lewiston skyline
Nickname(s): "The Lew", "Lew Town", "Louis"
Lewiston is located in the US
Lewiston
Lewiston
Location of Lewiston in the United States
Coordinates: 44°5′51″N 70°11′33″W / 44.09750°N 70.19250°W / 44.09750; -70.19250Coordinates: 44°5′51″N 70°11′33″W / 44.09750°N 70.19250°W / 44.09750; -70.19250
Country  United States of America
State  Maine
County Androscoggin County
Incorporated 1795 (town), 1863 (city)
Government
 • Type Town Council
 • Mayor Robert E. MacDonald
Area
 • Total 92.05 sq mi (238.4 km2)
 • Land 22.83 sq mi (59.1 km2)
 • Water 35.54 sq mi (92.0 km2)  12%
Elevation 217 ft (66 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 36,592
 • Density 1,071.5/sq mi (413.7/km2)
 • Demonym Lewistonion
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
ZIP code format 04240, 04241, 04243
Area code 207
Website Town of Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston is the most central city in Androscoggin County in Maine, and the second-largest city in the state. The population was 36,592 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included within the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area, which as of 2006 census estimates has a combined population of 107,702. It is also part of the extended Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, Maine, combined statistical area, which has a combined population 621,219 as of 2006 estimates. The city has historical French-Canadian connections; as much development of the city occurred during the migration of French-Canadians from Montreal, Canada.

A former mill town, it is located in south-central Maine, at the falls of the Androscoggin River, across from Auburn. Lewiston and Auburn are often considered a single entity and referred to as Lewiston–Auburn, colloquially abbreviated as L-A or L/A. They have a combined population of 59,647 people. Together, Lewiston-Auburn is somewhat smaller than Maine's largest city, Portland (excluding its own suburbs). Lewiston is most notably home to Bates College, which was founded by local preacher and politician Oren Burbank Cheney, and financed by Lewiston developer Benjamin Bates, the wealthiest person in the state for his lifetime in the city. The city also hold the college's Museum of Art.


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