The Lamoine post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Six smaller post offices, East Trenton (1834), East Lamoine (1870) and North Lamoine (1872), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,720156 years
How historic is Lamoine?
B
More historic than 57% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Lamoine post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Lamoine’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lamoine is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lamoine’s overall grade.
Maine towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Maine town has 15.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Lamoine’s 11.2 sits near the middle of its state (44% of Maine towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.5 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Lamoine’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lamoine yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Lamoine is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The town was named after an early resident, Andre LeMoyne. The spelling shifted slightly over the years. "Le moine" is French for "the monk." The population was 1,720 at the 2020 census. The town is home to Lamoine State Park.
Its first post office opened in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,602 to 1,720 (+7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Lamoine, 1834 to 1902
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Lamoine post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Lamoine rank for history?
Lamoine is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Lamoine?
Two places: the First Baptist Church (listed 2001) and the Shore Acres (2000).
How old are the homes in Lamoine?
21% of Lamoine’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.5 points), against a typical 19% for a Maine town; the median home was built in 1983.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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