About Wiscasset
Set in the central part of Maine, Wiscasset is a small unincorporated community.
Officially, Wiscasset is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.9 square miles.
📰 Wiscasset News Today
- Wiscasset school nurse placed on leave following OUI arrest WGME · Sep 24
- Maine Food & Dining News: Rockland, Rangeley, Verona Island, Wiscasset, Alna, Boothbay, Bangor, Brunswick, Skowhegan, Saco, New Harbor, Waterboro, Westbrook, Biddeford Portland Food Map · Oct 7
- Boothbay Varsity Softball @ Wiscasset MaxPreps · Oct 9
- ‘Digger’ Star Tom Cruise Visited This Famous Maine Seafood Spot WJBQ · Sep 30
- Two seriously hurt in Wiscasset motorcycle crash newscentermaine.com · Aug 4
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Wiscasset Unique
- The only place in America named Wiscasset — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Part of the fabric of Maine — one of 155 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Wiscasset
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Wiscasset
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum · Museum
- Cleopatra Graphics · Art gallery
- Gallery 87 Fine Art Studio · Art gallery
- Ingram Fine Art & Antiques · Art gallery
- Lincoln County Museum · Museum
- Maine Art Gallery · Art gallery
- Monkey C Monkey Do · Attraction
- Nickels-Sortwell House · Museum
- Sylvan Gallery · Art gallery
- Wiscasset Bay Gallery · Art gallery
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Wiscasset
- Biddle Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Church Property · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Clough Point Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Cushman Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Daffodil Meadow · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Earle R. Kelly Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Eaton Farm Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- F. Cunningham Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site reviews ★
- Griggs Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Lallis Property · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Marsh River Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Wiscasset
- Edgecomb Eddy School
- Wiscasset Elementary School
- Wiscasset Middle/High School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.