Auburn, Maine

Auburn is a city in Androscoggin County, Maine. It covers 65.8 sq mi (170.4 sq km) and has a population of 23,000 people (2011 estimate). It is one of the two main cities in the Lewiston-Auburn metropolitan area. Flowing through the city are the Androscoggin River and Little Androscoggin River.

Auburn, Maine
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Auburn dates to the purchase of the land in 1714 following the Treaty of Portsmouth. The establishment of a permanent settlement there was however delayed till 1786, when it was called Bakerstown. Since then, it has undergone a few name changes, including Poland, Minot and eventually Auburn, which was taken from a 1770 poem by Oliver Goldsmith. The towns of Poland and Minot were set off from the original Bakerstown, and exist separately.

Auburn was originally a farming town, but it began to industrialize with the construction of the mills powered by the falls of the Androscoggin River and Little Androscoggin River. It became a center for cotton and woolen textile, iron good, bricks, furniture, and became renowned as a shoe-making center. It had some of the biggest shoe manufacturing factories in the country until the Second World War, after which the industry went into decline.

Lake Auburn
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Visiting Auburn

Turn off Interstate 95 at Exit 75, then head north on Washington Street which takes you all the way to Auburn.

Places of Interest in Auburn

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