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Rockland
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city in Knox County, Maine, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- County
- Knox
- Incorporated town
- July 28, 1848
- Total
- 15.08 sq mi (39.05 km )
- Land
- 12.85 sq mi (33.28 km )
- Water
- 2.23 sq mi (5.77 km )
- Elevation
- 184 ft (56 m)
- Density
- 539.8/sq mi (208.42/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip code
- 04841
- Fips code
- 23-63590
- Website
- rocklandmaine .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Rockland
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Knox County
- Population
- 6936
- Area
- 39.032961
- Elevation
- 7
- Capital of
- Knox County
- Official website
- www.ci.rockland.me.us
- Image
- Rok2.jpg
- Households
- 3586
- Dialing code
- 207
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- Commons category
- Rockland, Maine
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rockland, Maine
- topic's main category
- Category:Rockland, Maine
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- postal code
- 04841
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Rockland, Maine
- P8168
- Radical 173
- water as percent of area
- 14.7934
- per capita income
- 30043
- date of incorporation
- 1848-07-28
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Rockland is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 6,936. The city is a popular tourist destination. It is a departure point for the Maine State Ferry Service to the islands of Penobscot Bay: Vinalhaven, North Haven and Matinicus.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rockland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.