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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- County
- York
- Incorporated district
- June 9, 1762
- Incorporated town
- August 23, 1775
- Incorporated city
- February 18, 1867
- Mayor
- Jodi MacPhail
- Total
- 52.83 sq mi (136.83 km )
- Land
- 38.58 sq mi (99.93 km )
- Water
- 14.24 sq mi (36.89 km )
- Elevation
- 59 ft (18 m)
- Density
- 528.2/sq mi (203.94/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip code
- 04072
- Fips code
- 23-64675
- Website
- www .sacomaine .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Saco
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- York County
- Population
- 20381
- Area
- 136.644945
- Elevation
- 20
- Body of water
- Saco River
- Official website
- www.sacomaine.org
- Image
- Saco Maine Street.jpg
- Households
- 8341
- Dialing code
- 207
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- Commons category
- Saco, Maine
- postal code
- 04072
- topic's main category
- Category:Saco, Maine
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Saco, Maine
- P8168
- BTH
- water as percent of area
- 27.0956
- native label
- Saco
- per capita income
- 38840
- date of incorporation
- 1811-00-00
- inception
- 1630-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Saco (/ˈsɑːkoʊ/ SAH-koh) is a city in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 20,381 at the 2020 census. It is home to Ferry Beach State Park, Funtown Splashtown USA, Thornton Academy and General Dynamics Armament Systems (also known by its former name, Saco Defense), a subsidiary of the defense contractor General Dynamics. Saco sees much tourism during summer months due to its amusement parks, Camp Ellis Beach and Pier, Ferry Beach State Park, and proximity to Old Orchard Beach.
Saco is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. Saco's twin-city is Biddeford.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.