Waldo County, south-central Maine, U.S. It
comprises a coastal region bounded to
the east by the Penobscot River and Bay
and includes several islands in the
Atlantic Ocean, notably Isleboro Island.
Other waterways are the Sebasticook,
Passagassawakeag, and St. George
rivers and Unity and Sheepscot ponds. Spruce and fir are
the major forest types. Parklands include Lake St. George,
Moose Point, Fort Point, Warren Island, and Swan Lake
state parks.
The county seat is the city of Belfast, an early seaport
community settled by the Scotch-Irish in 1770. By the 1790s
shipbuilding was a major industry in the town of Searsport,
which was settled by soldiers from Fort Pownal in the 1760s.
Waldo county was created in 1827 and named for Samuel
Waldo, proprietor of the Waldo settlement. Built in the
1840s, Fort Knox was Maine's first granite fort. The
economy is based on agriculture, lumbering, fishing, and
tourism. Area 730 square miles (1,890 square km). Pop.
(1990) 33,018; (1996 est.) 35,822.
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Waldo County, south-central Maine, U.S. It
comprises a coastal region bounded to
the east by the Penobscot River and Bay
and includes several islands in the
Atlantic Ocean, notably Isleboro Island.
Other waterways are the Sebasticook,
Passagassawakeag, and St. George
rivers and Unity and Sheepscot ponds. Spruce and fir are
the major forest types. Parklands include Lake St. George,
Moose Point, Fort Point, Warren Island, and Swan Lake
state parks.
The county seat is the city of Belfast, an early seaport
community settled by the Scotch-Irish in 1770. By the 1790s
shipbuilding was a major industry in the town of Searsport,
which was settled by soldiers from Fort Pownal in the 1760s.
Waldo county was created in 1827 and named for Samuel
Waldo, proprietor of the Waldo settlement. Built in the
1840s, Fort Knox was Maine's first granite fort. The
economy is based on agriculture, lumbering, fishing, and
tourism. Area 730 square miles (1,890 square km). Pop.
(1990) 33,018; (1996 est.) 35,822.
