There are approximately 1,600 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Maine. Each of the state's 16 counties has more than forty listings on the National Register.
Current listings by county The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis.Weekly List Actions, National Register of Historic Places website Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which only modify the area covered by an existing property or district, although carrying a separate National Register reference number.
County # of Sites 1 Androscoggin 108 2 Aroostook 60 3.1 Cumberland: Portland 100 3.2 Cumberland: Other 151 3.3 Cumberland: Total 251 4 Franklin 52 5 Hancock 136 6 Kennebec 134 7 Knox 97 8 Lincoln 107 9 Oxford 103 10 Penobscot 112 11 Piscataquis 59 12 Sagadahoc 64 13 Somerset 60 14 Waldo 68 15 Washington 101 16 York 185 (duplicates) (9)The following sites are listed in multiple counties: Androscoggin Swinging Bridge (Cumberland and Sagadahoc), Arnold Trail to Quebec (Franklin, Kennebec, Sagadahoc, and Somerset), Georges River Canal (Knox and Waldo), Porter-Parsonfield Bridge (Oxford and York), Ryefield Bridge (Oxford and Cumberland), Whitney Farm (Knox and Waldo), and Shaker Village (Androscoggin and Cumberland). Total: 1,688
See also
List of historical societies in Maine List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
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