History of Newcastle, Maine, USA

New Castle, Maine
Lincoln county. New Castle lies on the W. side of Damariscotta river, about 15 miles from its mouth. It is 36 miles S.E. from Augusta and 8 N.E. from Wiscasset. Incorporated, 1753. Population, in 1837, 1,545. This is a pleasant town, and flourishing in its trade and navigation.

New Castle, a post-township in Lincoln co., Maine, on the W. side of the Damariscotta river, 25 miles S. E. from Augusta. Pop. 2012.

Newcastle is situated near the middle of Lincoln County, on the peninsula between the Sheepscot and Damariscotta Rivers. Jefferson lies on the north, Nobleboro, Damariscotta and Bristol, on the east, Edgecomb on the south, and Alna and Wiscasset on the west. The principal streams within the town are Dyer's River and Great Meadow Brook. The town is about six miles in length and four in breadth. The surface is varied more by gulleys than hills. There is a variety of soils,-generally well adapted to the usual crops,-of which hay is the chief. An expansion of Sheepscot River where it receives the waters of the two streams mentioned, forms "Old Sheepscot Neck" and contains an island of many acres in extent.

A remarkable object of the town are the oyster beds on the northern shore of a peninsula in Damariscotta River, a short distance above the village. A bank of these shells 30 feet in depth, at some points of a corresponding width, extends the entire length of the peninsula. By whom or ...