:Augusta, Maine

The area was first explored by the English of the short-lived Popham Colony in September 1607. Twenty-one years later, English settlers from the Plymouth Colony settled in the area in 1628 as part of a trading post on the Kennebec River. The settlement was known by its Native American name Cushnoc (or Coussinoc or Koussinoc), meaning "head of the tide". Fur trading was at first profitable, but because of Native uprisings and declining revenues, Plymouth Colony sold the Kennebec Patent{{discuss}} in 1661. Cushnoc would remain unoccupied for the next 75 years.{{Cite web |url=http://rootsweb.com/~mehancoc/Augusta/inhabitants.html |date=Jul 17, 1997 |first1=Don |last1=Vickery |website= Augusta, Maine Genealogy Project |publisher=MEGenWeb Project |title=The Forgotten Inhabitants of Cushnoc |access-date=September 25, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071116124523/http://rootsweb.com/~mehancoc/Augusta/inhabitants.html |archive-date=November 16, 2007 |url-status=live}}

The area around Cushnoc was inhabited by the Kennebec, a band of the larger Abenaki nation. During the 17th century, they were on friendly terms with the English settlers in the region.{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KXuB72zLFUMC |title=The History of Augusta, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: With Notices of the Plymouth Company, and Settlements on the Kennebec; Together with Biographical Sketches and Genealogical Register |year=1870 |last1=North |first1=James W.| page=4| via= Google Books}}

A hotbed of Abenaki hostility toward British settlements was located further up the Kennebec at Norridgewock. In 1722, the tribe and its allies attacked Fort Richmond (now Richmond) and destroyed Brunswick. In response, English forces sacked Norridgewock in 1724 during Dummer's War, when the English gained tentative control of the Kennebec.

During the height of the French and Indian War, in 1754, the English colonists built a blockhouse named Fort Western at Cushnoc on the eastern bank of the Kennebec River. It was intended as a supply depot for Fort Halifax upriver, as well as a regional defense from French attack.{{cite book |last=Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums |editor=Doris A. Isaacson |title=Maine: A Guide 'Down East' |year=1970 |publisher=Courier-Gazette, Inc. |location=Rockland, Maine |pages=148–152}} Later, during the American Revolutionary War, Benedict Arnold and his 1,100 troops would use Fort Western as a staging area before continuing their journey up the Kennebec to the Battle of Quebec.

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Cushnoc was incorporated as part of Hallowell in 1771. Known as "the Fort", it was set off and incorporated by the Massachusetts General Court in February 1797 as Harrington. In August, however, the name was changed to Augusta after Pamela Augusta Dearborn, daughter of Henry Dearborn. In 1799, it was designated as the county seat for the newly created Kennebec County.

Maine became a state in 1820 as a result of the Missouri Compromise. Augusta was designated as its capital in 1827, over Portland, and rival communities Brunswick and Hallowell. The Maine State Legislature continued meeting in Portland, however, until the completion of the Maine State House in 1832, designed by Charles Bulfinch. Augusta was incorporated as a city in 1849.{{Cite book |last1=Coolidge |first1=Austin J. | first2= John B.| last2= Mansfield |title=A History and Description of New England |publisher=A.J. Coolidge |year=1859 |location=Boston |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n67 38]–42 |url= https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ |quote=coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859. |access-date=November 21, 2015}} After being named the state capital and the introduction of new industry, the city flourished. In 1840 and 1850, the city ranked among the 100 largest urban populations in the country. During the next decade, however, the city was quickly bypassed by rapidly growing metropolises in the Midwest.{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/twps0027.html |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 | website= census.gov | publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102182532/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/twps0027.html |archive-date=January 2, 2011 |url-status=live}}

Excellent soil provided for agriculture, and water power from streams provided for the industry. In 1837, a dam was built across the Kennebec where the falls drop 15  feet at the head of a tide. By 1838, 10 sawmills were contracted. With the arrival of the Kennebec & Portland Railroad in 1851, Augusta became an even more productive mill town. In 1883, the property of A. & W. Sprague Company was purchased by the Edwards Manufacturing Company, which erected extensive brick mills for manufacturing cotton textiles. They imported cotton from the South for processing and export to Europe. In the late 19th century, a paper and pulp plant was constructed.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kennebechistorical.org/histevents.htm |title=New Page 2 | website= kennebechistorical.org| publisher= |access-date=April 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025340/http://www.kennebechistorical.org/histevents.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}

Other Augusta firms produced lumber, sash, doors, window shutters, broom handles, stone cutters' tools, shoes, headstones, ice and furniture. The city developed as a publishing and shipping center. Today, government and post-secondary education are important businesses.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

Since the mid-eighteenth century, there has been a military presence in Augusta. Fort Western has not had troops garrisoned there since the 1790s, but in 1828, the U.S. Government built an arsenal to protect their interests from Britain. During the Civil War, Augusta was a rendezvous point for Union soldiers traveling to the front. Many of the soldiers camped on the green in front of the capitol building. In 1862, Camp E.D. Keyes was established in the northwestern portion of the city.

During World War I, Camp Keyes was used as a mobilization and training camp for soldiers. The camp eventually became a headquarters for the Maine National Guard. In 1929, the state legislature approved the placement of the Augusta State Airport next to the camp. As the airport grew, the use of the camp as a training facility was no longer possible. Today, it is still used for administrative and logistical purposes by the National Guard.

In the 19th century, Augusta got a regular steamboat service and the railroad. The city installed gas lights in 1859. A telephone service was available in 1880 and a local hospital in 1898. In the early 20th century, Augusta built two movie houses and a film production studio.

For much of Augusta's history, the central business district was on and near Water Street on the west bank of the Kennebec River. The street, laid out in the late 1700s, was the location of the area's commercial and industrial life. Many fires damaged this concentrated area, including one in 1865 that destroyed nearly 100 buildings. In 1890, the first trolley line began operation down Water Street, connecting Augusta with Gardiner and Hallowell to the south.

In 1932, buses replaced the trolley line. With the completion of the Maine Turnpike and Interstate 95 in 1955, local commercial developments began to move away from Water Street and closer to the highway. Among the results was a storefront vacancy rate downtown of about 60 percent.{{Cite web |url=https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/07/15/influx-of-arts-events-in-downtown-augusta-signals-new-push-for-activity/ |title=Influx of arts, events in downtown Augusta signals new push for activity |date=July 15, 2018 |website= centralmaine.com| publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072047/https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/07/15/influx-of-arts-events-in-downtown-augusta-signals-new-push-for-activity/ |archive-date=August 29, 2018 |url-status=live}}

Since the late 2000s, there has been a renewed and ongoing focus by city officials, the Augusta Downtown Alliance, and private developers to revitalize the downtown area.

Augusta is the easternmost state capital in the United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{cvt|58.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{cvt|55.13|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{cvt|2.90|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url= https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt | website= census.gov | publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220065340/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=February 20, 2011 |df=mdy}} Augusta is drained by Bond's Brook, Woromontogus Stream and the Kennebec River.

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The city is crossed by Interstate 95, U.S. Route 201, State Route 11, U.S. Route 202, State Route 9, State Route 3, State Route 100, State Route 27, State Route 8, State Route 104, and State Route 105.

Augusta borders the towns of Manchester to its west, Sidney and Vassalboro to its north, Windsor to its east, Chelsea to its south, and the city of Hallowell to its southwest.

Augusta's climate is classified as a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb). Summers are typically warm, rainy, and humid, while winters are cold, windy, and snowy. Spring and fall are usually mild, but conditions are widely varied, depending on wind direction and jet stream positioning.

The hottest month is July, with an average high temperature of {{cvt|80|°F|1}}. The coldest month is January, with an average low of {{cvt|10|°F|1}}. Most snowfall occurs from December through March. There is usually little or no snow in April and November, and snow is rare in May and October.{{cite web |url=http://www.intellicast.com/Almanac/Northeast/May/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429165729/http://www.intellicast.com/Almanac/Northeast/May/ |archive-date=April 29, 2007 |title=May in the Northeast |year=2003 |publisher= | website= Intellicast.com |access-date=April 29, 2007}}

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As of the census{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov | website= census.gov | publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date= November 23, 2012}} of 2010, there were 19,136 people, 8,802 households, and 4,490 families residing in the city. The population density was {{cvt|347.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 9,756 housing units at an average density of {{cvt|177.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.1% White, 1.1% African American, 0.7% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.4% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8% of the population.

There were 8,802 households, of which 23.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.2% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 49.0% were non-families. 39.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.76.

The median age in the city was 43.2 years. 18.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26% were from 25 to 44; 29.4% were from 45 to 64; and 18% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.6% male and 51.4% female.

As of the census{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website | website= census.gov | publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 31, 2008}} of 2000, there were 18,560 people, 8,565 households, and 4,607 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|335.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|adj=off}}. There were 9,480 housing units at an average density of {{convert|171.2|/sqmi|/km2|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.21% White, 0.50% Black or African American, 0.48% Native American, 1.35% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 8,565 households, out of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.1% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.2% were non-families. 38.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.77.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 20.5% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,921, and the median income for a family was $42,230. Males had a median income of $31,209 versus $22,548 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,145. About 11.4% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.2% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.

{{see also|List of mayors of Augusta, Maine}}

Augusta is governed by a mayor and council-manager system. The City Council oversees all City government activities and establishes the legislative policies of the city, adopts and amends ordinances and local laws, appropriates municipal resources, and sets the tax rate. The City Manager serves as the chief executive officer and purchasing agent of the city. The mayor presides at all meetings of the council, and is recognized ceremonially as the official head of the city.

The city maintains a police department; it is remarkable for not having had an officer killed in the line of duty for over a century.{{cite news| work= The Daily Caller| title= American arms race heats up at local police level| date= May 7, 2012| publisher= | url= | access-date= }}

Augusta has historically been Democratic. In the 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama received 5,192 of the votes to Mitt Romney's 3,339.{{Cite web |url=http://maineelections.bangordailynews.com/?County=Kennebec+County&Town=Augusta |title=Augusta, Maine, 2012 General Election results |work= Bangor Daily News |access-date=November 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915074518/http://maineelections.bangordailynews.com/?County=Kennebec+County&Town=Augusta |archive-date=September 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}

In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden won 5,248 votes to Donald Trump's 4,155.{{cite web |url= https://cms6.revize.com/revize/augustame/Official%20State%20and%20City%20ROVC%20November%2003%202020%20Signed.pdf|title=2020 general election|website=revize.com|access-date=12 October 2023}}

The city has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since George H. W. Bush in the Republican landslide of 1988. Democrats are the majority political affiliation in all four voting wards. There are more voters who are not enrolled than there are registered Republicans in the city.

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There are five public schools, one private school, and one college (the University of Maine at Augusta).{{cite web |title=University of Maine at Augusta |url=http://www.uma.edu/ |access-date=September 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630030257/http://www.uma.edu/ |archive-date=June 30, 2006 |url-status=live}} There are two public libraries in Augusta, the city-operated Lithgow Public Library and the Maine State Library.

Farrington, Gilbert, Hussey, and Lincoln are the four public elementary schools that are located in the city.{{cite web |title=City of Augusta, Maine School Department |url=http://www.augustaschools.org/schools/index.php| website= augustaschools.org| publisher= City of Augusta, Maine |access-date=September 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113084855/http://www.augustaschools.org/schools/index.php |archive-date=January 13, 2016 |url-status=live}}

Cony serves students in grades 7–12 from Augusta and the surrounding towns; Cony comprises Cony Middle School and Cony High School.{{cite web |title=Cony| website= augustaschools.org| publisher= |url= http://www.augustaschools.org/schools/cony/index.php |access-date=September 7, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160112155002/http://www.augustaschools.org/schools/cony/index.php |archive-date=January 12, 2016 |url-status=dead}}

St. Michaels is a private Catholic school; it charges tuition to its students.{{cite web |title=St. Michael School |url=http://www.smsmaine.org/ |access-date=September 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630041335/http://www.smsmaine.org/| website= smsmaine.org| publisher= St. Michael School |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |url-status=live}}

The University of Maine at Augusta is third-largest university in the University of Maine System.{{cite web |title=UMA Quick Facts |url=http://www.uma.edu/about/quick-facts/ |access-date=September 7, 2015 | website= uma.edu| publisher= University of Maine System |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905070926/http://www.uma.edu/about/quick-facts/ |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |url-status=live}}

• Kennebec Journal, daily newspaper for capital area
• Uncle Henry's, former weekly classified adverts publication

{{see also|Template:Augusta-Waterville Radio}}

• WJZN, oldies
• WMDR, religious
• WMME-FM, top-40
• WTOS-FM, rock
• WVQM, talk
• WWTP, religious

Augusta is part of the Portland, Maine television market, and receives most of that market's channels. WCBB channel 10, licensed to Augusta, is the local television outlet for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network.{{cite web |title=WCBB Channel 10 |url=http://www.stationindex.com/tv/callsign/WCBB| website= stationindex.com |access-date=October 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001183611/http://www.stationindex.com/tv/callsign/WCBB |archive-date=October 1, 2015 |url-status=live}}

Interstate 95 passes by the western outskirts of Augusta. U.S. 202 runs east–west through the city. U.S. 201 runs north–south through the city.

Intercity bus service is provided by Greyhound Lines and Concord Coach Lines.

Augusta State Airport (AUG), in the western part of the city, has commercial flights.

• Blaine House
• Fort Western
• Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine{{Cite web |url=http://hhrcmaine.org/ |title= Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine| website= hhrcmaine.org |access-date=November 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105082356/https://hhrcmaine.org/ |archive-date=November 5, 2019 |url-status=live}} at the University of Maine at Augusta
• Lithgow Public Library
• Maine State House
• Maine State Museum{{cite web| url= http://www.maine.gov/museum/| title= Maine State Museum| website= maine.gov| publisher= State of Maine| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071226234931/http://www.maine.gov/museum/ |archivedate=December 26, 2007 }}
• Viles Arboretum
• Kennebec Arsenal
• Augusta Mental Health Institute

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• Ambrose Abbott, former member, Maine Senate
• Martha Ballard, midwife
• James G. Blaine, former U.S. Secretary of State and 1884 Republican presidential nominee
• Horatio Bridge, U.S. Navy officer during the American Civil War
• William Bridgeo, state representative and resident of Augusta{{Cite web |title=William Bridgeo |url=https://ballotpedia.org/William_Bridgeo |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
• Julia Clukey, 2010 Olympic luger{{cite web |title=Julia Clukey |url=http://clukeyluge.com/about-me/#opening |website= clukeyluge.com| publisher= |access-date=September 16, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031430/http://clukeyluge.com/about-me/#opening |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Ernie |title=Augusta's Julia Clukey looks to the future after Olympic luge near-miss |url=http://bangordailynews.com/2013/12/20/sports/olympics/augustas-julia-clukey-looks-to-the-future-after-olympic-luge-near-miss/ |website=Bangor Daily News |date=December 20, 2013 |access-date=September 16, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160911015949/http://bangordailynews.com/2013/12/20/sports/olympics/augustas-julia-clukey-looks-to-the-future-after-olympic-luge-near-miss/ |archive-date= September 11, 2016 |url-status=live}}
• Beverly Daggett, President, Maine Senate
• Olive E. Dana, short-story writer, essayist, poet
• Melville Fuller, former Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court
• George Huntington Hartford, owner of Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P), the country's largest food retailer at the time of his death{{cite book |last= Levinson |first=Marc |title=The Great A&P and the struggle for small business in America |publisher=Hill and Wang |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-8090-9543-8}}
• John F. Hill, former Maine governor
• Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt, American economist{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt collection, 1973 |url=https://library.une.edu/mwwc/collections/collections-a-z/elizabeth-ellis-hoyt-collection-1973/ |website=University of New England |date=July 30, 2019 |access-date=April 20, 2025 |language=en}}
• Robert Deniston Hume, Oregon politician and businessman
• Eastman Johnson, artist
• Roger Katz, mayor of Augusta and state legislator
• George W. Ladd, U.S. congressman
• Dorianne Laux, poet
• Sumner Lipman, state legislator and attorney
• Henry A. McMasters, recipient of the Medal of Honor{{cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/indianwars.html |title=Medal of Honor recipients |website= history.army.mil |publisher=United States Army |access-date=November 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110225055/http://www.history.army.mil//html/moh/indianwars.html |archive-date=November 10, 2010 |url-status=dead}}
• Rachel Nichols, actress
• Frederick G. Payne, Mayor of Augusta and 60th governor of Maine
• David Peoples, athlete and golfer
• Frederick W. Plaisted, mayor of Augusta, 48th governor of Maine
• John F. Potter, U.S. congressman, judge
• Travis Roy, hockey player
• Luther Severance, publisher, U.S. congressman and senator
• Olympia Snowe, former U.S. senator
• John L. Stevens, U.S. minister to Kingdom of Hawaii, accused of attempting to overthrow Hawaiian queen, 1893
• Judith Tarr, fantasy and science fiction author
• Manch Wheeler, quarterback with the Buffalo Bills
• Gil Whitney, television news anchorman and meteorologist
• Reuel Williams, U.S. senator
• Willard G. Wyman, general

• USS Augusta, 2 ships

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