THE KENNEBEC COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Maine Embayment setting.
Kennebec County has 867.5 square miles of land in Maine. The mapped landscape region in Kennebec County is Central Maine Embayment.
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
Finding your parcel within Kennebec County
The atlas lists 35 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Kennebec County, including Augusta, China, Vassalboro. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Kennebec County by land and water
The Census records 83.7 square miles of water within Kennebec County, or 8.8% of its total area. That share is close to Kennebec County’s 8.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kennebec County has 20.5 times the land area of nearby Sidney town (42.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Androscoggin County, Franklin County, Lincoln County, Sagadahoc County, Somerset County, Waldo County within Maine. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

