Whitefield, Maine
Whitefield, Maine | |
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Location in Lincoln County and the state of Maine | |
| Coordinates: 44°12′36″N 69°36′15″W / 44.21000°N 69.60417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | Lincoln |
| Incorporation | June 19, 1809 |
| Area | |
• Total | 47.51 sq mi (123.05 km2) |
| • Land | 46.82 sq mi (121.26 km2) |
| • Water | 0.69 sq mi (1.79 km2) |
| Elevation | 108 ft (33 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,408 |
| • Density | 52/sq mi (19.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 04353 (Whitefield) 04341 (Coopers Mills) |
| Area code | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-85010 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582811 |
| Website | www |
Whitefield is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,408 at the 2020 census. Whitefield is named for the celebrated British evangelist George Whitefield, who inspired the colonists before the town was settled in 1770, mainly by Irish Catholics. They remembered him when incorporation came in 1809. In the early twenty-first century it was the boyhood home of Sean and Jamie Oshima, who formed their folk-pop duo Oshima Brothers there. Whitefield is included in the Augusta, Maine micropolitan New England City and Town Area.