Columbia Falls is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States.

[4] In 2023 the community gained national attention after a proposal to build the world's tallest flagpole (1,461 feet (445 meters) high -- taller than the Empire State Building) -- in a $1 billion project that includes a 4,000 seat auditorium in dubbed the Flagpole of Freedom Park.

[7] Lumbering and shipbuilding brought the town prosperity and endowed it with some fine early architecture.

The Washington County Railroad arrived at Columbia Falls in 1898.

Tourism and harvesting blueberries are important industries today, together with producing Christmas trees and wreaths.

There were 301 housing units at an average density of 12.3 per square mile (4.7/km2).

33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

28.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.