Skowhegan
Skowhegan, Maine
Town in Somerset County, Maine, United States.
Facts about Skowhegan
Country:
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity:
Elevation Above Sea Level:
68
Postal Code:
04976
Local Dialing Code:
207
Population:
8,620
Area:
60.47
Capital Of:
Instance Of:
Inception:
2/5/1823
Located in Time Zone:
Per Capita Income:
24,938
Number of Households:
3,651
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Wikipedia | Skowhegan, Maine
Skowhegan is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously held state fair in the United States. Skowhegan was originally inhabited by the indigenous Abenaki people who named the area Skowhegan, meaning "watching place [for fish]," and were mostly dispersed by the end of the 4th Anglo-Abenaki War.
