Boothbay Harbor. Boothbay Harbor is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States.
The population was 2,027 at the 2020 census. During summer months, the entire Boothbay Harbor region is a popular yachting and tourist destination.
The ZIP Code is 04538, and the community is served by the 633 telephone exchange in area code 207. The area was part of Cape Newagen, where the English established an early seasonal fishing camp.
In 1666, Henry Curtis purchased the land from the sachem Mowhotiwormet, commonly known as Chief Robinhood, who lived at what is today Woolwich. But the settlement was attacked and burned during King Philip's War, resettled shortly afterwards, then destroyed again in 1689 during King William's War.
It was abandoned for 40 years. In 1730, Colonel David Dunbar, the superintendent and governor of the Territory of Sagadahock, laid out a new town, named Townsend after Viscount Townshend. Despite predations during the French and Indian Wars, and robberies during the Revolutionary War by marauding British sailors, the settlement was successful, not least because of its large, deep and protected harbor. During the Penobscot Expedition, in 1779 Townsend became a rendezvous point for the American naval fleet prior to its disastrous encounter with the British at Castine. Renamed Boothbay in 1842, the harbor continued to develop as a fishing center. In bad weather, it could hold at a tim
The population was 2,027 at the 2020 census. During summer months, the entire Boothbay Harbor region is a popular yachting and tourist destination.
The ZIP Code is 04538, and the community is served by the 633 telephone exchange in area code 207. The area was part of Cape Newagen, where the English established an early seasonal fishing camp.
In 1666, Henry Curtis purchased the land from the sachem Mowhotiwormet, commonly known as Chief Robinhood, who lived at what is today Woolwich. But the settlement was attacked and burned during King Philip's War, resettled shortly afterwards, then destroyed again in 1689 during King William's War.
It was abandoned for 40 years. In 1730, Colonel David Dunbar, the superintendent and governor of the Territory of Sagadahock, laid out a new town, named Townsend after Viscount Townshend. Despite predations during the French and Indian Wars, and robberies during the Revolutionary War by marauding British sailors, the settlement was successful, not least because of its large, deep and protected harbor. During the Penobscot Expedition, in 1779 Townsend became a rendezvous point for the American naval fleet prior to its disastrous encounter with the British at Castine. Renamed Boothbay in 1842, the harbor continued to develop as a fishing center. In bad weather, it could hold at a tim
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