South Bristol, Maine
| South Bristol, Maine | |
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| Town | |
Christmas Cove c. 1906
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 Location in Lincoln County and the state of Maine. |
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| Coordinates: 43°53′50″N 69°33′53″W / 43.89722°N 69.56472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | Lincoln |
| Incorporated | 1915 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.68 sq mi (76.87 km2) |
| • Land | 13.10 sq mi (33.93 km2) |
| • Water | 16.58 sq mi (42.94 km2) |
| Elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 892 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 887 |
| • Density | 68.1/sq mi (26.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 04568 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-70240 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582733 |
South Bristol is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 892 at the 2010 census. A fishing and resort area, South Bristol includes the villages of Walpole and Christmas Cove, the latter at Rutherford Island. The town has three nature preserves.
This was once territory of the Wawenock (or more precisely Walinakiak, meaning "People of the Bays") Abenaki Indians, who traveled in canoes to hunt for fish, shellfish, seals and seafowl. In 1614, Captain John Smith explored the coast, and is said to have named Christmas Cove when he visited it on Christmas Day. The land was subsequently part of the Pemaquid Patent, granted by the Plymouth Council for New England in 1631 to Robert Aldsworth and Gyles Elbridge, merchants from Bristol, England, from which the town derives its name.
A palisade fort and settlement were built on the adjacent Pemaquid Peninsula. Between 1630 and 1650, the area was the center for fur trading in Maine. It was attacked and rebuilt repeatedly during the French and Indian Wars, with the final two attacks occurring in 1747 at Fort Frederick. In 1765, Bristol was incorporated as a town, with South Bristol its western portion. On March 26, 1915, South Bristol was set off and incorporated as a separate town.
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