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Waldo County
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county in Maine, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- Named after
- Samuel Waldo
- Seat
- Belfast
- Largest city
- Belfast
- Total
- 853 sq mi (2,210 km )
- Land
- 730 sq mi (1,900 km )
- Water
- 123 sq mi (320 km ) 14%
- Estimate 2025
- 40,693
- Density
- 54/sq mi (21/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- waldocountyme .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Maine
- Contains
- Freedom
- Capital
- Belfast
- Population
- 39607
- Area
- 853
- Shares border with
- Penobscot County
- Official website
- www.waldocountyme.gov
- Image
- Lighthouse IslesboroME.jpg
- Households
- 17427
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- inception
- 1827-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Waldo County, Maine
- Commons category
- Waldo County, Maine
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Waldo County, Maine
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Waldo County, Maine
- water as percent of area
- 14
- native label
- Waldo County
- per capita income
- 31091
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Waldo County is a county in the state of Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,607. Its county seat is Belfast. The county was founded on February 7, 1827, from a portion of Hancock County and named after Brigadier-General Samuel Waldo, proprietor of the Waldo Patent.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waldo County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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