Lisbon is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States.

The community was originally part of Bowdoin, a township within the Kennebec Purchase.

But because travel to attend town meetings was difficult, on June 22, 1799, the General Court of Massachusetts divided Bowdoin in two to create Thompsonborough.

[3] With fertile and easily cultivated soil, farming was an early industry.

In 1864, the Worumbo Mill was established to produce woolens,[4] and would remain a principal employer until it burned in 1987.

On October 25, 2023, a spree shooting occurred at two locations in Lewiston, Maine.

After a two-day manhunt and shelter in place, the shooter, 40-year-old Robert R. Card, was found dead on October 27 from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a recycling facility in Lisbon after his vehicle was located nearby the night on the shooting.

26.0% of all households were made up of individuals; and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 3,789 housing units at an average density of 160.5 per square mile (62.0/km2).

24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.