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A town of 7,146 people in York County, Maine

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About Eliot

Town in Maine, United States

1810Established

6,717Population

21.3 sq miArea

20 ftElevation

Eliot is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Originally settled in 1623, it was formerly a part of Kittery, to its east. After Kittery, it is the next most southern town in the state of Maine, lying on the Piscataqua River across from Portsmouth and Newington, New Hampshire. The population was 6,717 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. The town contains the census-designated place of South Eliot. Eliot is home to Ambush Rock, Green Acre, and the Raitt Homestead Farm Museum.

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#2Safest in ME #20Highest income in ME #19Best schools in ME All ME rankings →

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ZIP code03903

Area code207

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#19Best public schoolsof 133 in ME

DistrictRSU 35/MSAD 35Schools3

Eliot Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–3 · 282 students Marshwood Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 490 students SEACOAST WALDORF SCHOOL

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