ZIP Code 04976
About Skowhegan
Skowhegan is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously held state fair in the United States. Skowhegan was originally inhabited by the indigenous Abenaki people who named the area Skowhegan, meaning "watching place [for fish]," and were mostly dispersed by the end of the 4th Anglo-Abenaki War.
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Area Profile
US Census (ACS 5-year · Gazetteer)
10,117
population
$55,245
median household income
102
people / sq mi
$159,300
median home value
$869
median gross rent
42.4
median age
4,967
housing units
4,552
households
99.6
land area (sq mi)
Key places in 04976
- History House museum
- Bigelow Hill nature
- Currier Hill nature
- Hilton Hill nature
- Loomis Hill nature
- Porcupine Mountain nature
- Pratt Hill nature
- Waite Hill nature
- Whittemore Hill nature
- Dudley's Corner School House historic
Points of interest
- grocery
- coffee
- pharmacy
- fast_food
- bank
Brands
- Dunkin' (2)
- Walmart (2)
- Aroma Joe's (1)
- Burger King (1)
- Hannaford (1)
- KFC (1)
- McDonald's (1)
- Subway (1)
- Walgreens (1)