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

The town includes the districts of North (04061), South (04087), and East (04030) Waterboro, in addition to the largest development in southern Maine, Lake Arrowhead Community.

The reaction of the Maine State Legislature was mandatory Planning Boards, and subdivision regulation.

Abenaki Indians called the area Massabesic, meaning "the place of much water", a reference to the region's lakes.

It was part of an extensive tract of land purchased in 1661 by Major William Phillips of Saco from Chief Fluellin.

Known as Massabesic Plantation, it included most of modern-day Waterboro, Alfred and Sanford.

In 1790, Old Corners became the site of the Court of General Sessions, although in 1805 the county seat shifted to Alfred.

Other businesses included the Ossipee Manufacturing Company at the Little Ossipee River, which made blankets, and the Steam Mill Company at South Waterboro, which made wooden boxes.

Then during the Great Fires of 1947, three-quarters of Waterboro's land area burned, including the town center and 90% of the cottages on Little Ossipee Lake.

[1] Lake Arrowhead, named by land developers in the 1960s, is on the northern border of the town.

Little Ossipee Lake, the largest body of water, covers 564 acres (228 ha).

Ossipee Mountain, elevation 1058 feet (322 m) above sea level, is the highest point in the town.

It borders the towns of Alfred to the southwest, and Lyman to the southeast, Hollis to the northeast, Limerick and Limington to the north, Newfield to the northwest, and Shapleigh to the west.