The Foster Family Home is a historic farmstead on Sunday River Road in Newry, Maine. The property includes a Greek Revival farmhouse, a barn and stable, and a cemetery in which many Fosters are interred.

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About Newry

Town in Maine, United States

1805Established

411Population

61.6 sq miArea

712 ftElevation

Newry (; from Irish An Iúraigh) is a resort town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The town’s year-round population was 411 at the 2020 census. The town is best known as the home of Sunday River Ski Resort and has a proportionately large seasonal (winter) population. Newry was also the site of one of Maine's worst Cold War aircraft crashes.

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Town numbers

ZIP code04261

Area code207

Living in Newry

Housing in Newry

$529K≈ same as a year ago Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Newry home is worth about $529,000, about the same as a year ago, 27% above the Maine typical home.

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Work & commute in Newry

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Most working residents leave Newry for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Bethel (11%), Lewiston (7%) and Rumford (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Bethel

11%

Lewiston

Rumford

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8%Work in townlive and work in Newry 25 miWhere do people commute?the commute map 169Jobs based herebalanced

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Health in Newry

Compared with Maine

2better than ME·13worse

of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 17 are too close to call.

Conditions 9▼ 3 close Habits 1▼ 3 close Care 2▲ 1▼ 4 close Mind 2▼ 3 close Everyday needs all close

BetterToo close to callWorse

What stands out

80.8%More adults treating high blood pressureME 76.4% · better 89.2%More adults getting cholesterol checkedME 87.1% · better 12.1%More adults with COPDME 8.4% · worse

Care nearby

Rumford HospitalRumford · 14.9 mi · ER · rural critical access

Bethel Family Health CenterBethel · 8.3 mi · sliding-scale fees

Primary careShortage · Newry

DentalShortage · Newry

Mental healthShortage · Newry

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Natural hazards in Newry

High

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities.

🌊 Inland flooding🌀 Hurricanes🥶 Cold waves

1Does Newry flood?paid flood claims since 2023 13Disasters that paid out herefederal disasters sent FEMA money to Newry MapNewry vs. its neighborsnearby towns shaded by rating

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Climate in Newry

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Newry has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 78°, a January night drops to 6°, and about 82 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

30° / 9°Winter

52° / 28°Spring

76° / 52°Summer

56° / 35°Fall