| Population |
N. Latitude |
44:13:34 |
| 1970 |
4,115 |
W. Longitude |
69:04:47 |
|
Knox County |
| 1980 |
4,584 |
Maine House District |
63 |
|
Maine Senate District |
12 |
| 1990 |
5,060 |
Congress District |
1 |
| |
| 2000 |
5,254 |
Area in square miles |
19.6 |
|
Population/sq.mi. |
295 |
Library and Mt. Battie
|
 CAMDEN
[KAM-den]
is a town in Knox County,
incorporated as the town of Cambden (old spelling) on February 17, 1791 from the former
Cambden Plantation. After annexing land from Warren in 1836, it split
in 1893 to form Camden (new spelling) and the new town of Rockport.
Camden is located
on U.S. Route 1 which dominates the main street, making it accessible to
summer tourists but slow traveling for casual motorists during peak season.
The town's landing
and waterfront are picturesque and the model of a coastal town, catering
to Windjammer sailing opportunities and countless personal pleasure boats.
Several windjammers are on the National Register of Historic Places. (See
below.)
The credit card company
MBNA is the major employer. The poet Edna St. Vincent Millay spent time
in Camden on whose Mt. Battie her poem Renascence is based.
Another famous woman, Eleanor
Roosevelt, visited here in 1943.
The Fernald's Neck
Preserve, partially in Lincolnville and
managed by the Nature Conservancy, covers 315 acres of a peninsula jutting
into Lake Megunticook. Densely covered with forest in many places, the area
provides a refuge for many small and some large mammals. A wetland in the
preserve's center supports many bog species such as sedges, blue flag iris,
pitcher plant and rose begonia. Cliffs offer impressive views from the western
edge.
National Register of Historic Places - Listings
American Boathouse
2/19/82, Atlantic Avenue
Camden Opera House
Block 12/29/86, US 1
Camden Yacht Club
1/11/80, Bay View Street
Chestnut Street Historic
District 3/22/91, Chestnut Street from
Elm to Beacon Avenue including parts of Penobscot, Pleasant and Wood
Conway House 12/23/69, Conway Road
Curtis Island Light
5/17/73, 3.8 miles from Camden
Harbor in Penobscot Bay
GRACE BAILEY (two-masted
schooner) 10/1/90, Camden Harbor
High Street Historic
District 1/5/89, Roughly High Street
between Main Street and Sherman Point Road
High Street Historic
District (Boundary Increase) 9/24/99, Junction of Main Street
and Atlantic Avenue
MERCANTILE (two-masted
schooner) 10/1/90, Camden Harbor
Norumbega 7/12/74, High Street
Norumbega Carriage
House 2/19/82, High Street
ROSEWAY (schooner)
9/25/97, Camden Harbor
STEPHEN TABER (schooner)
7/30/84, Camden Harbor
SURPRISE (schooner)
6/14/91, Camden Harbor
US Post Office--Camden
Main 9/25/86, Chestnut Street
WENDAMEEN (Yacht)
3/26/92, Camden Harbor
Additional resources
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