Welcome to Charleston ...Charleston is located in Penobscot County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Charleston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1827. When the people of Charleston refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Charlestonian<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Charleston has a population of 1,680 people<3> (see below for details). Charleston is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Charleston lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Charleston: 207 The ZIP code for Charleston: 04422<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Charleston had an population of 1,680 people. This is an increase of 19.23% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 20.26% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Charleston had a population of 1,409 people. This makes Charleston the county's 27th most populous community. The population of Charleston represents 0.11% of the population of Maine (which has 1,328,361 people), making it the state's 221st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,409 people, the population of Charleston has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,397 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Charleston. Communities Also Named Charleston ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 44 communities that are also named Charleston - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Utah, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Charleston. Communities near Charleston ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Charleston.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Charleston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Charleston. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Charleston. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Charleston. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Charleston. See our Newspapers Page for Charleston. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Charleston ...Looking for more information about Charleston? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Charleston, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Charleston. Adding Charleston to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Charleston in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Charleston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Charleston. Footnotes ...
|