[2] Farmingdale is included in the Augusta, Maine micropolitan New England City and Town Area.

[4] The Knickerbocker Ice Company burned in 1894 or 1895 leaving only the chimney that stood until it was demolished in 1911 to make room for the Central Maine Power Plant.

[5] Other businesses on the river in Farmingdale included shipyards, brickyards, pottery, and a glue factory.

Time, fires, floods and economic forces eventually removed the larger businesses.

The distinction between the densely developed riverbanks and the open rural back-land remains.

Interstate 95, part of the Maine Turnpike, crosses the center of the town but has no direct access.

Farmingdale is largely a commuter town, though close to 300 small businesses exist.