Bowdoin is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States.

Bowdoin is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area.

Originally called West Bowdoinham Plantation, it was settled some years before the Revolutionary War.

In 1799, it ceded land to form Thompsonborough, whose name changed in 1802 to Lisbon.

[3] Bowdoin developed as an agricultural town, raising sheep and producing apples, wheat, hay and potatoes.

Other industries included an ice company, sawmill, gristmill, carding mill and brickyard.

The same year, 18 people were shot dead in a shooting rampage in nearby Lewiston; the suspect’s house was in Bowdoin, and was the scene of a massive police search.

It borders the towns of Lisbon and Sabattus to the west, Litchfield to the north, Richmond and Bowdoinham to the east, and Topsham to the south.

18.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

16.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.