Richmond, Maine
| Richmond, Maine | |
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Richmond from Swan Island in 1908
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 Richmond, Maine
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| Coordinates: 44°7′2″N 69°49′46″W / 44.11722°N 69.82944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | Sagadahoc |
| Incorporated | 1823 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.56 sq mi (81.74 km2) |
| • Land | 30.41 sq mi (78.76 km2) |
| • Water | 1.15 sq mi (2.98 km2) |
| Elevation | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,411 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 3,392 |
| • Density | 112.2/sq mi (43.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 04357 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-62645 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582695 |
Richmond is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,411 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.
Richmond is the departure point for state boat service to Swan Island, site of the Steve Powell Refuge and Wildlife Management Area.
The tract of land which comprises Richmond and Gardiner was purchased in 1649 from the Abenaki Indians by Christopher Lawson. In 1719, Fort Richmond (Maine) was built by Massachusetts on the western bank of the Kennebec River at what is today Richmond village. Named for Ludovic Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, the fort included a blockhouse, trading post, chapel, officers' and soldiers' quarters, all surrounded by a palisade.
During Dummer's War, following the battle at Arrowsic, Maine, Fort Richmond was attacked in a three-hour siege by warriors from Norridgewock (1722). Houses were burned and cattle slain, but the fort held. Brunswick and other settlements near the mouth of the Kennebec were destroyed. The defense was enlarged in 1723 during Dummer's War. On August 19, 1724, a militia of 208 soldiers departed Fort Richmond under command of captains Jeremiah Moulton and Johnson Harmon, traveled up the Kennebec in 17 whaleboats and sacked Norridgewock. Fort Richmond would be rebuilt in 1740, attacked by another tribe in 1750, then dismantled in 1755 when forts Shirley (also called Frankfort), Western and Halifax were built upriver.
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