Charleston
What’s happening
Weather
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Local news
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The Charleston album
Outdoors in Charleston
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About Charleston
Town in Maine, United StatesCharleston is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Bangor Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,558 at the 2020 census. Charleston includes the village of West Charleston and is home to the Higgins Classical Institute campus. Once a Christian school, it is now home to Faith Bible College International.
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Town numbers
Housing in Charleston
The typical Charleston home is worth about $229,000, up 3% in a year, 45% below the Maine typical home.
Schools in Charleston
All Charleston schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Charleston’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within ME. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Charleston is
Explore map →Imported town boundary