Lebanon, Maine

Lebanon is a town in York County, Maine, United States.

It was called Towwoh by the Newichawannock Abenaki tribe, whose main village was further down the Salmon Falls River.

On April 20, 1733, the Massachusetts General Court granted Towwoh Plantation to 60 colonists, who first settled it in 1743.

[3] Farmers found the surface of the town relatively level in the southeast, with extensive pine plains in the northwest.

Beginning in the early 1870s, the Portland and Rochester Railroad ran the length of the town's southeast side, with the Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad crossing for a short distance on the western side.

The town's highest point is Prospect Hill, at an elevation of 880 feet (268 m) above sea level.

The lowest elevation borders the Salmon Falls River, on the town's southernmost boundary, which is approximately 170 feet (52 m) above sea level.

16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Out of the total population, 12.9% of those under the age of 18 and 7.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

York County map