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York: Cape Neddick lighthouse Map of the U.S. state of Maine showing major cities, county seats, and state boundaries. The map highlights Maine's borders with New Hampshire, Quebec, and New Brunswick, and marks the Atlantic Ocean coastline. A small locator map in the corner shows Maine's position in the northeastern United States.
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York: Cape Neddick lighthouse Cape Neddick lighthouse, York, Maine.

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Maine, United States
Also known as: Agamenticus, Gorgeana
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York, town, York county, southwestern Maine, U.S., situated at the mouth of the York River on the Atlantic Ocean, 43 miles (69 km) southwest of Portland. York includes the communities of York Village, Cape Neddick, York Beach, and York Harbor. Settled in 1624 on a site called Agamenticus by Captain John Smith, who had explored the area in 1614, it became the first English city on the American continent when Sir Ferdinando Gorges endowed it...

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