| Population (1994): 1,240,000
(39th in size)
State size: 33,265 square miles (39th in
size)
State Capital: Augusta (named after Augusta Dearborn,
the daughter of Henry Dearborn a Revolutionary War
general)
Major cities: Augusta, Bangor, Lewiston and Portland
Admission to union: The 23rd State
Date entered the union: March 15, 1820
Origin of state name: Named by French explorers after
the region of Maine in France
Nicknames: The Pine Tree State
Bordering states: New Hampshire with Canada on the
north and the Atlantic Ocean on the east.
State bird: Chickadee
State flower: Eastern White Pine Cone and Tassel
State tree: Eastern White Pine
Motto: I Direct |
