Bayville is a village

Unincorporated area

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 in the town

New England town

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 of Boothbay Harbor in Lincoln County

Lincoln County, Maine

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, Maine

Maine

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, United States

United States

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The village of Bayville was formed in 1911. Bayville consists largely of summer residents and has some 43 houses at the head of Linekin Bay. The Bayville lineage of several families stretches back some six generations or more. The Bayville website can be found at: www.bayvillemaine.org.