Place:Durham, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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NameDurham
Alt namesDurham Southwest Bendsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS23016296
South West Bendsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeTown
Coordinates43.967°N 70.117°W
Located inAndroscoggin, Maine, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Durham is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,173 at the 2020 census. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England City and Town Area.

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Durham was named after County Durham, England, the ancestral home of the town's first settler. It was previously known as Royallsborough, named after Isaac Royall Jr.

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