Newcastle, Maine
| Newcastle, Maine | |
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| Town | |
Damariscotta River c. 1920
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 Location in Lincoln County and the state of Maine. |
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| Coordinates: 44°2′55″N 69°32′36″W / 44.04861°N 69.54333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | Lincoln |
| Incorporated | 1753 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.57 sq mi (84.36 km2) |
| • Land | 29.05 sq mi (75.24 km2) |
| • Water | 3.52 sq mi (9.12 km2) |
| Elevation | 112 ft (34 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,752 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,736 |
| • Density | 60.3/sq mi (23.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 04553 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-48645 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582617 |
| Website | http://www.newcastlemaine.us/ |
Newcastle is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,752 at the 2010 census. The village of Newcastle is located in the western part of the town, on the Damariscotta River. Together with the village of Damariscotta linked by the Main Street bridge, they form the Twin Villages (see Damariscotta-Newcastle CDP).
Originally called Sheepscot Plantation, Newcastle was first settled in the 1630s by fishermen and around 50 families. Around 1649-50, John Mason purchased a tract of land from the sachems Chief Robinhood and Chief Jack Pudding. The territory was claimed in 1665 by the Duke of York. Renamed New Dartmouth, the plantation was attacked and destroyed in 1676 during King Philip's War. When the war was over, some of the inhabitants returned. But it was destroyed again in 1689 during King William's War, and the village was not reoccupied for about 40 years. In 1730, Colonel David Dunbar, the superintendent and governor of the Province of Sagadahoc, resettled it as Newcastle, named in honor of the Duke of Newcastle.
In 1978, the village of Sheepscot on the Sheepscot River in western Newcastle was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Sheepscot Historic District. It includes 51 buildings in the Italianate, Greek Revival, and Federal styles, on 12,000 acres (49 km2). (The USGS recognizes Sheepscott, Shepscooke, Shippscutt, and Shipscot as variants of the name Sheepscot.)
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