Saco, Maine Saco, Maine Official seal of Saco, Maine Location of town/city of Saco in Maine Location of town/city of Saco in Maine Saco, Maine is positioned in the US Saco, Maine - Saco, Maine State Maine Saco / s ko / is a town/city in York County, Maine, United States.
It is home to Ferry Beach State Park, Funtown Splashtown USA, Thornton Academy, as well as General Dynamics Armament Systems (also known by its former name, Saco Defense), a subsidiary of the defense contractor General Dynamics.
Saco sees much tourism amid summer months, due to its amusement parks, Ferry Beach State Park, and adjacency to Old Orchard Beach.
Saco is part of the Portland South Portland Biddeford, Maine urbane statistical area.
Saco's twin-city is Biddeford.
The group raided on the Armouchiquois town, Chouacoet, present-day Saco, killing 20 of their braves, including two of their leaders, Onmechin and Marchin.
It would be reorganized in 1653 by the Massachusetts General Court as Saco, which would be retitled Biddeford in 1718. Saco lay in contested territory between New England and New France, which recruited the Indians as allies.
In August and September 1723, there were Indian raids on Saco, Maine and Dover, New Hampshire. But in 1724, a Massachusetts militia finished Norridgewock, an Abenaki stronghold on the Kennebec River organizing raids on English settlements.
Inhabitants found the name to be cumbersome, so in 1805 it was retitled Saco.
It would be incorporated as a town/city in 1867. Saco became a center for lumbering, with log drives down the river from Little Falls Plantation (now Dayton, Lyman, Hollis and part of Limington).
At Saco Falls, the timber was cut by 17 sawmills.
On Factory Island, the Saco Iron Works began operation in 1811.
The Saco Manufacturing Company established a cotton foundry in 1826, and a canal was dug through modern to furnish water power.
With the arrival of the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad in 1842, Factory Island advanced into a primary textile manufacturing center, with extensive brick mills dominating the Saco and Biddeford waterfronts.
Saco has taken steps to make the town/city more surroundingally friendly.
Saco also has two burgeoning company parks and another one under development. B&MRR train passing through Saco c.
The Saco River at Saco Saco is positioned at 43 30 38 N 70 26 42 W (43.510425, -70.444920). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 52.76 square miles (136.65 km2), of which, 38.46 square miles (99.61 km2) of it is territory and 14.30 square miles (37.04 km2) is water. Situated beside Saco Bay on the Gulf of Maine, Saco is drained by the Saco River.
Saco borders the town/city of Biddeford, as well as the suburbs of Scarborough, Buxton, Dayton and Old Orchard Beach.
The Saco River as seen from Water Street in Saco.
It crosses from Biddeford to Saco's Factory Island.
Saco contains a wide range of landforms, including beaches, fields, forests, bogs, and urban areas.
There were 7,623 homeholds of which 28.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 35.4% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Saco Middle School (6-8) Saco Transition Program (6-12) Saco Island School (9-12) University College has a ground located in Saco.
Saco Transportation Center The Saco Transportation Center provides transit between Portland and Boston via the Downeaster passenger train.
Saco is accessible from Interstate 95, U.S.
Taxis serve the Tri-City Area (Saco, Biddeford, and Old Orchard Beach).
The Portland International Jetport is about 14 miles (23 km) north of Saco.
Saco Heath Preserve Saco Drive In The Saco and Biddeford mills today Amos Chase, Saco pioneer Justin Chenette, Maine state representative Ether Shepley, Maine state congressman, U.S.
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Saco, Maine - Cities in York County, Maine - Populated places established in 1631 - Portland, Maine urbane region - Early American industrialized centers - Cities in Maine - Populated coastal places in Maine - 1631 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
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