Pembroke is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States.
Called Pennamaquan by the Passamaquoddy Indians, the area was settled about 1774 as part of Dennysville.
[3] It was set off and incorporated on February 4, 1832, by the legislature, which named it after Pembroke in Wales, a community with a history of wooden shipbuilding stretching back to the Middle Ages.
[4] Pembroke also had a stone factory, three sawmills, one gristmill, four shingle mills and four lath machines.
There were 531 housing units at an average density of 19.4 per square mile (7.5/km2).
27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 539 housing units at an average density of 19.7 per square mile (7.6/km2).
26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.