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Welcome to Friendship ...

Friendship is located in Knox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Friendship, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Friendship has a population of 1,138 people<2> (see below for details).

Friendship is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Friendship lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Friendship: 207

The ZIP code for Friendship: 04547<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Friendship had an population of 1,138 people. This is a decrease of 1.22% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 5.48% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Friendship had a population of 1,152 people. This makes Friendship the county's 15th most populous community.

The population of Friendship represents 0.09% of the population of Maine (which has 1,328,361 people), making it the state's 262nd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,152 people, the population of Friendship decreased 4.32% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,204 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Friendship.

Communities Also Named Friendship ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 72 communities that are also named Friendship - they are located in Alabama (7), Arkansas (4), Florida, Georgia (6), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland (4), Mississippi (5), Missouri, New Jersey (3), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (6), Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (5), Tennessee (7), Texas (11), Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Friendship.

Communities near Friendship ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Friendship.

  • Rockland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Waldoboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Warren
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Wiscasset
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Rockport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Boothbay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bristol
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Thomaston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint George
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Saint George is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people
  • Jefferson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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 Friendship. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Friendship.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Friendship. 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 Friendship.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Friendship. See our Newspapers Page for Friendship.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Friendship ...

Looking for more information about Friendship? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Friendship, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Friendship.

Adding Friendship to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Friendship 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 Friendship was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Friendship.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Friendship.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Friendship - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Friendship). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Friendship or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.