Westport Island Real Estate

Westport Island, formerly Westport,is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. In the 19th Century the island was known as Jeremysquam, a nickname islanders still use for it.

Westport Island is located approximately 50 miles northeast of Portland, Maine. The island is separated from the mainland by two coastal salt-water rivers, the Sheepscot River and the Back River. The island is connected to the mainland at the Northwest by one modern bridge, built in 1972 over a slim gap in the Back River called Cowsegan Narrows. Although completely surrounded by water, it is bounded across tidal water by the towns of Wiscasset, Edgecomb, Southport, and Georgetown.

According to the US census, the town has a total area of 14.2 square miles, of which, 8.7 square miles is land and 5.5 square miles (38.45%) is water.

As of the 2000 census, there were 745 people, 318 households, and 228 families residing in the town. The population density was 85.2 people per square mile. There were 510 housing units at an average density of 58.3 per square mile.

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