Hispanic and/or Latino of any race were 0.2% of the population. The racial makeup of the town was 96.5% White, 1.7% from two or more races, 1.3% Asian, 0.3% African American and 0.2% Native American. There were 1,051 housing units at an average density of 195.4 per square mile (75.4/km 2). The population density was 112.6 inhabitants per square mile (43.5/km 2). It is connected by a green swing bridge to the adjacent municipality of Boothbay Harbor.ĭemographics Historical populationĪs of the census of 2010, there were 606 people, 316 households, and 195 families living in the town. It is crossed by state routes 27 and 238. The islands of Southport include the Ark, Boston Island, Burnt Island, Cape Island, Capitol Island, Squirrel Island, Cedarbush Island, the Cuckolds, David Island, the Green Islands, Hunting Island, Lower Mark Island, Mouse Island, Pratts Island, Southport Island, and Squirrel Island. Southport is on Southport Island in the mouth of the Sheepscot River.
Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 23.16 square miles (59.98 km 2), of which, 5.38 square miles (13.93 km 2) of it is land and 17.78 square miles (46.05 km 2) is water. The name of the town was changed to Boothbay in 1842, and Southport split from Boothbay the same year, becoming incorporated as a town on February 12, 1842. In 1764, Townsend, named after Lord Townshend, was officialy incorporated. After the war, colonists returned to the island, only to be driven out again during King William's War in 1689.Īfter 40 years, colonists again returned to the region in 1730. While the first European settlement was established in 1623, the island was abandoned by the English when they were driven from the region by the Abenaki during King Phillip's War in 1676. The island would later be known as Newagen Island by Europeans. Cape Newagen, an English corruption of the Abenaki name, was the name of an early English fishing outpost at the southern tip of the island.
The Abenaki people that originally inhabited the island called it Capanewagen.
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