Place:Old Orchard Beach, York, Maine, United States

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NameOld Orchard Beach
Alt namesOld Orchardsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS23012809
TypeCensus-designated place
Coordinates43.514°N 70.385°W
Located inYork, Maine, United States
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Old Orchard Beach is a resort town and census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,960 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland−South Portland−Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Located on the inner side of Saco Bay on the Atlantic Ocean, the town is a popular seaside resort. The downtown contains many tourist-oriented businesses, including clam shacks and T-shirt shops. A wooden pier on the beach contains many other tourist businesses, including a variety of souvenir shops. The seven mile (11 km) long beach actually covers three different towns (Scarborough, Old Orchard Beach, and Saco, north to south), and is lined with many beach residential properties, condominiums, motels and bed and breakfasts.

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