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A town of 2,300 people in Oxford County, Maine
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Conserved land0.1%19 of 26,498 acres
Trails22 mi0.5 mi per sq mi
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About Dixfield

Town in Maine, United States
2,253Population
41.7 sq miArea

Dixfield is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Dixfield is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. The population was 2,253 at the 2020 census. The town motto of Dixfield is "The Only One", because it is the only town in the world to claim that name. Dr. Elijeh Dix, a substantial landowner in the area, bought the town (and Dixmont) which bears his name. Dixfield contains a census-designated place of the same name.

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Housing in Dixfield

$191K▼ 1.4% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Dixfield home is worth about $191,000, down 1.4% in a year, 54% below the Maine typical home.

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Rumford HospitalRumford · 8.1 mi · ER · rural critical access
Western Maine Family Health CenterLivermore Falls · 11 mi · sliding-scale fees
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School Grade C-

The public schools Dixfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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