The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Maine:

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...

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state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

in the

New England New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the Can ...

region of the

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, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south,

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...

to the west, and the Canadian provinces of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

to the northwest and

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost portion of New England. It is known for its scenery—its jagged, mostly rocky coastline, its low, rolling mountains, its heavily forested interior and picturesque waterways—as well as for its seafood cuisine, especially

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and

clam Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two shel ...

General reference

* Names ** Common name:

*** Pronunciation: ** Official name: State of Maine ** Abbreviations and name codes *** Postal symbol: ME *** ISO 3166-2 code: US-ME ***

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Tree State * Adjectival:

* Demonyms ** Mainer ** Down Easter or Downeaster ** Mainiac

Geography of Maine

Geography of Maine * Maine is: a

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* Population of Maine: 1,328,361 (2010 U.S. Census)

Places in Maine

Places in Maine * Historic places in Maine **

National Historic Landmarks in Maine __NOTOC__ This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar ...

** National Register of Historic Places listings in Maine *** Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine * National parks in Maine * State parks in Maine

Environment of Maine

* Climate of Maine * Protected areas in Maine ** State forests of Maine * Superfund sites in Maine * Wildlife of Maine ** Fauna of Maine

Natural geographic features of Maine

* Islands of Maine *

Lakes of Maine The qualifications for this list of Maine lakes is that the lake is located partially or entirely in Maine, named, and has a surface area of more than . This makes it legally a Great pond (law), great pond unless it is dammed, smaller than prior ...

Mountains of Maine A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher ...

* Rivers of Maine

Regions of Maine

* Southern Maine * The County

Administrative divisions of Maine

* The 16 counties of the state of Maine ** Municipalities in Maine ***

Cities in Maine A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

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State capital Below is an index of pages containing lists of capital cities. National capitals *List of national capitals * List of national capitals by latitude *List of national capitals by population * List of national capitals by area * List of capital c ...

of Maine: **** City nicknames in Maine ***

Towns in Maine A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Demography of Maine

Demographics of Maine

Government and politics of Maine

Politics of Maine The U.S. state of Maine, like many other states, is active in both state politics and national politics. In state politics, Maine tends to have more moderate politicians, with the state having had two independent politicians. It is also one of t ...

* Form of government: U.S. state government *

United States congressional delegations from Maine These are tables of congressional delegations from Maine to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. The current dean of the Maine delegation is Senator Susan Collins, having served in the Senate since 1997. U.S. S ...

Maine State Capitol The Maine State House in Augusta, Maine, is the state capitol of the State of Maine. The building was completed in 1832, one year after Augusta became the capital of Maine. Built using Maine granite, the State House was based on the design of the ...

* Elections in Maine **

Electoral reform in Maine Electoral reform in Maine is the effort to change voting and election laws in the Pine Tree State. Electoral reform measures related to voting systems and voter eligibility have been proposed, and in some cases, passed. In 2004, several Maine legi ...

* Political party strength in Maine

Branches of the government of Maine

Government of Maine

Executive branch of the government of Maine

Governor of Maine The governor of Maine is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive. The current governor of Maine is J ...

** Lieutenant Governor of Maine ** Secretary of State of Maine * State departments **

Maine Department of Transportation The Maine Department of Transportation, also known as MaineDOT (occasionally referred to as MDOT), is the office of state government charged with the regulation and maintenance of roads, rail, ferries, and other public transport infrastructure in ...

Legislative branch of the government of Maine

Maine Legislature The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate. The Legislature convenes at the State House in Augus ...

( bicameral) **

Upper house An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restric ...

Maine Senate The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though the Maine Constituti ...

** Lower house: Maine House of Representatives

Judicial branch of the government of Maine

Courts of Maine * Supreme Court of Maine

Law and order in Maine

Law of Maine *

Cannabis in Maine In the U.S. state of Maine, marijuana (cannabis) is legal for recreational use. It was originally prohibited in 1913. Possession of small amounts of the drug was decriminalized in 1976 under state legislation passed the previous year. The state' ...

Capital punishment in Maine Capital punishment has been abolished in the U.S. state of Maine since 1887. There are twenty-one recorded people executed in the state of Maine between the years of 1644 and 1885. Ten of these executions were carried out before statehood (gaine ...

* Constitution of Maine *

Gun laws in Maine Gun laws in Maine regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the U.S. state of Maine.

* Law enforcement in Maine ** Law enforcement agencies in Maine ***

Maine State Police The Maine State Police (MSP) is the state police agency for Maine, which has jurisdiction across the state. It was created in 1921 to protect the lives, property, and constitutional rights of the citizens of the state of Maine. Vehicles The Mai ...

Same-sex marriage in Maine Same-sex marriage in Maine has been legally recognized since December 29, 2012. A bill for the legalization of same-sex marriages was approved by voters, 53–47 percent, on November 6, 2012, as Maine, Maryland and Washington became the first U. ...

Military in Maine

* Maine Air National Guard *

Maine Army National Guard The Maine Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one-thir ...

History of Maine

History of Maine The history of the area comprising the U.S. state of Maine spans thousands of years, measured from the earliest human settlement, or approximately two hundred, measured from the advent of U.S. statehood in 1820. The present article will concentrate ...

History of Maine, by period

* Prehistory of Maine * French colony of

l'Acadie Acadia (french: link=no, Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the The Maritimes, Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. During much of the 17t ...

, 1604–1713 ** Île Sainte-Croix, 1604–1605 **

King William's War King William's War (also known as the Second Indian War, Father Baudoin's War, Castin's War, or the First Intercolonial War in French) was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also known as the War of the Grand All ...

, 1690–1697 **

Queen Anne's War Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in North America involving the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, and Spain; it took place during the reign of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. In E ...

, 1702–1713 **

Treaty of Utrecht The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715. The war involved three contenders for the vacant throne ...

, 1713 ** Le Grand Dérangement, 1755–1763 *

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Colony of Popham, 1607–1608 *

Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1628–1686 **Also claimed by

Colony of New-York, 1664–1673 and 1674–1683 **

King Philip's War King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England coloni ...

, 1675–1676 ***Also claimed by

Province of New-York, 1683–1688 *

Dominion of New-England in America, 1686–1689 *

Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1689–1692 **Also claimed by

Province of New-York, 1689–1692 *

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, 1692–1707 *

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, 1707–1776 * King George's War, 1740–1748 ** Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748 *

French and Indian War The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. At the ...

, 1754–1763 **

Treaty of Paris of 1763 The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Great Britain and Prussia's victory over France and Spain during the S ...

Colony of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Engl ...

east of Penobscot River, 1707-(1765–1776)-1867 * State of Massachusetts Bay, 1776–1780 * Separation of Maine from Massachusetts in 1820 * State of Maine becomes 23rd State admitted to the

on March 15, 1820 **

Republic of Madawaska The Republic of Madawaska (french: République du Madawaska, link=no) was a putative republic in the northwest corner of Madawaska County, New Brunswick (also known as the "New Brunswick Panhandle") and adjacent areas of Aroostook County in ...

, 1827–1842 **

Aroostook War The Aroostook War (sometimes called the Pork and Beans WarLe Duc, Thomas (1947). The Maine Frontier and the Northeastern Boundary Controversy. ''The American Historical Review'' Vol. 53, No. 1 (Oct., 1947), pp. 30–41), or the Madawaska War, wa ...

, 1838–1839 **

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, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 ***

Maine in the American Civil War As a fervently abolitionist and strongly Republican state, Maine contributed a higher proportion of its citizens to the Union armies than any other, as well as supplying money, equipment and stores. No land battles were fought in Maine. The only ...

Acadia National Park Acadia National Park is an American national park located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park preserves about half of Mount Desert Island, part of the Isle au Haut, the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula, an ...

established on February 26, 1919

History of Maine, by region

* by city **

History of Portland, Maine The History of Portland, Maine begins when the area was called Machigonne, meaning "great neck," by Algonquians who originally inhabited the peninsula. It extends to the city's recent cultural and economic renaissance. Native Americans There is e ...

*** Railroad history of Portland, Maine

History of Maine, by subject

* History of Albanians in Maine

Culture of Maine

* Cuisine of Maine * Museums in Maine *

Religion in Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nort ...

** Episcopal Diocese of Maine * Scouting in Maine * State symbols of Maine ** Flag of the State of Maine ** Original 1901 Maine Flag Flag of Maine (1901–1909)

** Great Seal of the State of Maine Seal of Maine

The arts in Maine

* Music of Maine

Sports in Maine

Economy and infrastructure of Maine

Economy of Maine * Communications in Maine ** Newspapers in Maine **

Radio stations in Maine The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Maine, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WKZX * WMNE * ...

** Television stations in Maine * Energy in Maine **

Power stations in Maine Power most often refers to: * Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work" ** Engine power, the power put out by an engine ** Electric power * Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events ** Abusive power Power may ...

** Solar power in Maine **

Wind power in Maine There are a number of wind power projects in the state of Maine, totaling more than 900 megawatts (MW) in capacity. In 2020 they were responsible for 24% of in-state electricity production. In 2019, Maine had more wind capacity than the oth ...

* Health care in Maine ** Hospitals in Maine * Transportation in Maine ** Airports in Maine ** Rail transport in Maine ** Roadways in Maine ***

State highways in Maine State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

*** State routes in Maine

Education in Maine

Education in Maine * Schools in Maine **

School districts in Maine A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compuls ...

*** High schools in Maine ** Colleges and universities in Maine ***

University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. It is classifie ...

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