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Kittery Point, Maine



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Fair
Temperature: 14.7 °F

Humidity: 78 %
Wind Speed: 9 mph NW
Pressure: 29.6 "

Dew Point: 9 °F
Gusts: 24 mph N
Rain Today: 0.00 "





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  • City Description

    Kittery Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Kittery, York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,135 at the 2000 census. Located beside the Atlantic, it is home to Fort McClary State Historic Site and, on Gerrish Island, Fort Foster Park. Cutts Island is home to Seapoint Beach and the Brave Boat Harbor Division of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. Kittery Point is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. First settled as early as 1623, the southern part of Kittery was once called Champernowne's after Sir Francis Champernowne, a prominent merchant adventurer and cousin of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, the prime mover behind settlement north of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Nicholas Shapleigh built the first house in the area, and Edward Godfrey established a trading post in 1632. Early professions included fishermen, hunters and trappers. Others harvested the region's abundant timber, which was shipped to England or the West Indies. Kittery was incorporated in 1652 when Maine became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Pepperrells were a distinguished Kittery Point family who established fisheries to

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    City Contained By:

    • Maine
    • York County

    Timezones:

    • North American Eastern Time Zone

    Size:

    • 6.73396908687 km squared

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