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Town in Maine, United States
1,411Population
33.4 sq miArea
558 ftElevation

Appleton is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. It is about 15 miles inland from Penobscot Bay and coastal towns such as Camden and Rockland, about 30 miles east of the state capital of Augusta. The population was 1,411 at the 2020 census.

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Maine · ME · Knox County
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