Monmouth, Maine, United States

🇺🇸 Monmouth is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States.

History Part of the Plymouth Patent, it was first settled as Freetown in the 1700 by families from Brunswick. It would also be called Bloomingborough and Wales before being incorporated by the Massachusetts General Court on January 20, 1742 as Monmouth, after Monmouth, New Jersey. The name was suggested by landowner General Henry Dearborn, who had fought in the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778.

Monmouth was considered one of the best agricultural towns in the state, producing hay, apples and potatoes, in addition to beef cattle and dairy products. It also had excellent sites for watermills. By 1859, when the population was 1,925, it had two factories for making boot-webbing and binding, a shovel and hoe factory, a tannery, a machine shops, some mechanic shops, some wood turning shops, a sleigh and carriage factory, some boot and shoe shops, a carpet factory, and a sash, blind and door factory. In 1849, the Androscaggin & Kennebec Railroad (later part of the Maine Central Railroad) opened to the town.

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.04 square miles (101.11 km²), of which 34.03 square miles (88.14 km²) is land and 5.01 square miles (12.98 km²) is water. Monmouth is drained by Jug Stream, Jock Stream, Mud Mills Stream and Wilson Stream, Monmouth has access to Lakes Cobbosseecontee, Annabessacook, and Cochnewagen.

The town is crossed by U.S. Route 202 and state routes 126, 132 and 135.

Demographics The population density is 120.6 inhabitants per square mile (46.6/km²). There are 2,021 housing units at an average density of 59.4 per square mile (22.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.9% White, 0.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.2% of the population.

Divisions • North Monmouth • South Monmouth • East Monmouth • Monmouth.

Points of interest • Cumston Hall, location of the Theater at Monmouth. Cumston Hall was donated in 1900.