The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWaite is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The town was named after Benjamin Waite, a lumberman and businessman from Calais, Maine. The population was 66 at the 2020 census. Waite is a small community served by one general store. The town is also home to two logging contractors. Waite shares its zip code, 04492, with the neighboring town of Talmadge.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 101 to 66 (-35%). Half of its homes were built before 1980.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Waite yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Waite’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Waite’s history is told.
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Waite, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Waite is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Waite has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is U.S. Inspection Station-Calais (Ferry Point), Maine in Calais, 18.7 miles away.
Waite and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.