Byron is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.

[2] Home to Coos Canyon on the Swift River, Byron includes the village of Houghton.

The Rumford Falls & Rangeley Lakes Railroad was completed in 1896, carrying freight, tourists and "rusticators" from Rumford up the Swift River valley through Byron and Houghton to Mooselookmeguntic Lake.

The Swift River is a popular place to either pan for gold or swim at Coos Canyon, a 32-foot (9.8-meter) high gorge where the water depth occasionally exceeds 20 feet (6.1 meters).

Bryon is the home of Anthony Boucher, NCAA Division III Cross Country Runner.

[1] Set on either side of a narrow, uneven intervale in the Western Maine Mountains, Byron is drained by the Swift River.

It borders the towns of Roxbury to the south, Andover to the west, and unincorporated townships to the north and east.

24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 12.1% of families and 9.3% of the population living below the poverty line, including 14.3% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.