THE ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Maine Embayment setting.
Androscoggin County has 468 square miles of land in Maine. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Androscoggin County: Central Maine Embayment, Sebago-Ossipee Hills and Plains, Midcoast, among others.
Forested plains and hills contain numerous glacial lakes. Spruce-fir lowlands and hardwood-covered hills create a northern landscape that is generally gentler than the highlands to the west.
Regional context: Acadian Plains and Hills ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Androscoggin County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Central Maine Embayment68%
- Sebago-Ossipee Hills and Plains21.4%
- Midcoast8.6%
- Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland1.1%
- Western Maine Foothills0.8%
Northeastern Highlands in Androscoggin County
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Read the regional source ↗Northeastern Coastal Zone in Androscoggin County
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Androscoggin County
The atlas lists 21 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Androscoggin County, including Auburn, Turner, Poland. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Androscoggin County by land and water
The Census records 29.2 square miles of water within Androscoggin County, or 5.9% of its total area. That share is close to Androscoggin County’s 5.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Androscoggin County has 180.5 times the land area of nearby Greene CDP (2.59 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cumberland County, Franklin County, Kennebec County, Oxford County, Sagadahoc County within Maine. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

