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History · Lake Arrowhead

1 of Lake Arrowhead’s places is on the National Register

Most of Lake Arrowhead was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1891 on.

1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0

What stands out about Lake Arrowhead’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lake Arrowhead are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18913 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1983. Watch Lake Arrowhead change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lake Arrowhead’s history is told.

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On the map

Lake Arrowhead on the map, 1891 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lake Arrowhead. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Lake Arrowhead on the 1891 USGS mapLake Arrowhead on the 1942 USGS mapLake Arrowhead on the 1983 USGS map1891Buxton sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lake Arrowhead.

The story so far

Lake Arrowhead, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lake Arrowhead yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Lake Arrowhead is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Waterboro and Limerick in York County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lake Arrowhead had a population of 3,192. The CDP corresponds to the area covered by the Lake Arrowhead Community, a large subdivision begun in the 1960s which surrounds Lake Arrowhead, an artificial lake on the Little Ossipee River. The community is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,071 to 3,192 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Lake Arrowhead

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Lake Arrowhead

Nobody well known was born in Lake Arrowhead itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ellen G. WhiteAmerican author, co-founder of the Seventh-day … · b. 1827
Edwin HallAmerican physicist · b. 1855
James AbbeAmerican photographer · b. 1883
Alpheus FelchAmerican politician · b. 1804
Frank Swett BlackAmerican politician and governor · b. 1853
Freddy MeyerAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1981
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Limerick3 historic placesA−Waterboro5 historic placesC+Limington4 historic placesB+

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.