The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Maine:

Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

– state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 in the New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 region of the northeastern

Northeastern United States

The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau.-Composition:The region comprises nine states: the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; and the Mid-Atlantic states of New...

 United States

United States

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, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

 to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 to the northwest and New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost portion of New England. It is known for its scenery—its jagged, mostly rocky coastline, its low, rolling mountains, its heavily forested interior and picturesque waterways—as well as for its seafood cuisine, especially lobsters

American lobster

The American lobster, Homarus americanus, is a species of lobster found on the Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly from Labrador to New Jersey. Within North America, it is also known as the northern lobster or Maine lobster. It can reach a body length of , and a mass of over , making it the...

 and clam

Clam

The word "clam" can be applied to freshwater mussels, and other freshwater bivalves, as well as marine bivalves.In the United States, "clam" can be used in several different ways: one, as a general term covering all bivalve molluscs...

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General reference

• Names
  • Common name: Maine
    Maine
    Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
    
    
    • Pronunciation: ˈmeɪn
  • Official name: State of Maine
  • Abbreviations and name codes
    • Postal symbol: ME
    • ISO 3166-2 code: US-ME
    • Internet
      Internet
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       second-level domain
      Second-level domain
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      : .me.us
  • Nicknames
    • Vacationland (currently used on license plates
      Vehicle registration plates of Maine
      The U.S. state of Maine first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1905.-Passenger plates 1956 to present:-External links:*...
      
      )
    • Pine
      Pine
      Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...
      
       Tree State
• Adjectival: Maine
  Maine
  Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
  
  
• Demonyms
  • Mainer
  • Down Easter or Downeaster

Geography of Maine

Main article: Geography of Maine

• Maine is: a U.S. state
  U.S. state
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  , a federal state of the United States of America
• Location
  • Northern hemisphere
    Northern Hemisphere
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  • Western hemisphere
    Western Hemisphere
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    • Americas
      Americas
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      • North America
        North America
        North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
        
        
        • Anglo America
        • Northern America
          Northern America
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          • United States of America
            • Contiguous United States
              Contiguous United States
              The contiguous United States are the 48 U.S. states on the continent of North America that are south of Canada and north of Mexico, plus the District of Columbia....
              
              
              • Canadian border
              • Eastern United States
                Eastern United States
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                • East Coast of the United States
                  East Coast of the United States
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                  • Northeastern United States
                    • New England
                      New England
                      New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
                      
                      
• Population of Maine: 1,328,361 (2010 U.S. Census)
• Area of Maine:
• Atlas of Maine

Places in Maine

• Historic places in Maine
  • National Historic Landmarks in Maine
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Maine
    • Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
• National Natural Landmarks in Maine
• National parks in Maine
• State parks in Maine

Environment of Maine

• Climate of Maine

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• Protected areas in Maine
  • State forests of Maine
• Superfund sites in Maine
• Wildlife of Maine
  • Fauna of Maine
    Fauna of Maine
    The fauna of Maine include several diverse land and aquatic animal species, especially those common to the North Atlantic Ocean and deciduous forests of North America...
    
    

Natural geographic features of Maine

• Islands of Maine
• Lakes of Maine
• Mountains of Maine
• Rivers of Maine

Administrative divisions of Maine

• The 16 Counties of the State of Maine
  • Municipalities in Maine
    • Cities in Maine
      • State capital of Maine:
      • City nicknames in Maine
    • Towns in Maine

Government and politics of Maine

Main article: Government of Maine and Politics of Maine

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  : U.S. state government
  State governments of the United States
  State governments in the United States are those republics formed by citizens in the jurisdiction thereof as provided by the United States Constitution; with the original 13 States forming the first Articles of Confederation, and later the aforementioned Constitution. Within the U.S...
  
  
• United States congressional delegations from Maine
  United States Congressional Delegations from Maine
  These are tables of congressional delegations from Maine to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Maine became a state on March 15, 1820.-United States Senate:-House of Representatives:-List of representatives:...
  
  
• Maine State Capitol

• Elections in Maine
  • Electoral reform in Maine
    Electoral reform in Maine
    Electoral reform in Maine refers to efforts to changing voting and election laws in the Pine Tree State. In 2004, several Maine legislators proposed a bill to lower the voting age to 17. The proposal failed, but a compromise to allow 17 year-olds to vote in primary election if 18 by general...
    
    
• Political party strength in Maine
  Political party strength in Maine
  The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Maine:*GovernorThe table also indicates the historical party composition in the:*State Senate*State House of Representatives*State delegation to the U.S. Senate...
  
  

Executive branch of the government of Maine

• Governor of Maine
  Governor of Maine
  The governor of Maine is the chief executive of the State of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive....
  
  
  • Lieutenant Governor of Maine
  • Secretary of State of Maine
    Secretary of State of Maine
    The Secretary of State of Maine is elected by the Legislature in that U.S. state. The Maine Secretary of State is responsible for administering elections, the Maine State Archives, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and for chartering corporations. The Secretary of State is elected to no more than two...
    
    
• State departments
  • Maine Department of Transportation
    Maine Department of Transportation
    The Maine Department of Transportation, also known as MaineDOT, is the bureaucratic office of the state government charged with the regulation and maintenance of roads and other public infrastructure in the state of Maine. MaineDOT reports on the adequacy of roads, highways, and bridges in Maine...
    
    

Legislative branch of the government of Maine

• Maine Legislature
  Maine Legislature
  The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate...
  
   (bicameral)
  • Upper house
    Upper house
    An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
    
    : Maine Senate
    Maine Senate
    The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though the Maine Constitution allows for "an odd number of Senators, not less than...
    
    
  • Lower house
    Lower house
    A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
    
    : Maine House of Representatives
    Maine House of Representatives
    The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 members representing an equal amount of districts across the state. Each voting member of the House represents around 8,450 citizens of the state...
    
    

Judicial branch of the government of Maine

• Supreme Court of Maine

Law and order in Maine

Law of Maine

• Capital punishment in Maine
  Capital punishment in Maine
  - Overview :Between 1644 and 1885, 21 people were executed in Maine. Ten of these executions were carried out before statehood , and eleven after. Hanging was the only method of execution....
  
  
• Constitution of Maine
• Crime in Maine
  Crime in Maine
  -Statistics:In 2008 there were 33,822 crimes reported in Maine including 31 murders a full list can be found -Capital punishment laws:Capital punishment is illegal in this state...
  
  
• Gun laws in Maine
• Law enforcement in Maine
  • Law enforcement agencies in Maine
    • Maine State Police
      Maine State Police
      The Maine State Police is the state police agency for Maine, which has jurisdiction across the state. It was created in 1921 to protect the lives, property, and constitutional rights of the citizens of the State of Maine.-Vehicles:...
      
      
• Same-sex marriage in Maine
  Same-sex marriage in Maine
  Same-sex marriage in Maine is currently unrecognized. A bill to allow same-sex marriages in Maine was signed into law on May 6, 2009, by Governor Baldacci following legislative approval, but opponents successfully petitioned for a referendum on the issue, putting the law on hold before it went into...
  
  

History of Maine, by period

• Prehistory of Maine
• French
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
   colony of l'Acadie, 1604–1713
  • Île Sainte-Croix
    Saint Croix Island, Maine
    Saint Croix Island , long known to locals as Dochet Island, is a small uninhabited island in Maine near the mouth of the Saint Croix River that forms part of the International Boundary separating Maine from New Brunswick....
    
    , 1604–1605
  • King William's War
    King William's War
    The first of the French and Indian Wars, King William's War was the name used in the English colonies in America to refer to the North American theater of the Nine Years' War...
    
    , 1690–1697
  • Queen Anne's War
    Queen Anne's War
    Queen Anne's War , as the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession was known in the British colonies, was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought between France and England, later Great Britain, in North America for control of the continent. The War of the...
    
    , 1702–1713
  • Treaty of Utrecht
    Treaty of Utrecht
    The Treaty of Utrecht, which established the Peace of Utrecht, comprises a series of individual peace treaties, rather than a single document, signed by the belligerents in the War of Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht in March and April 1713...
    
    , 1713
  • Le Grand Dérangement
    Great Upheaval
    The Expulsion of the Acadians was the forced removal by the British of the Acadian people from present day Canadian Maritime provinces: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island...
    
    , 1755–1763
• English
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
   Colony of Popham, 1607–1608
• English
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
   Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1628–1686
  • • Also claimed by English
      England
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       Colony of New-York, 1664–1673 and 1674–1683
  • King Philip's War
    King Philip's War
    King Philip's War, sometimes called Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, or Metacom's Rebellion, was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day southern New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–76. The war is named after the main leader of the...
    
    , 1675–1676
    • Also claimed by English
      England
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       Province of New-York, 1683–1688
• English
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
   Dominion of New-England in America, 1686–1689
• English
  England
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   Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1689–1692
  • • Also claimed by English
      England
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       Province of New-York, 1689–1692
• English
  England
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   Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Province of Massachusetts Bay
  The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony in North America. It was chartered on October 7, 1691 by William and Mary, the joint monarchs of the kingdoms of England and Scotland...
  
  , 1692–1707
• British
  United Kingdom
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   Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Province of Massachusetts Bay
  The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony in North America. It was chartered on October 7, 1691 by William and Mary, the joint monarchs of the kingdoms of England and Scotland...
  
  , 1707–1776
• King George's War
  King George's War
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  , 1740–1748
  • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748
    Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)
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• French and Indian War
  French and Indian War
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  , 1754–1763
  • Treaty of Paris of 1763
    Treaty of Paris (1763)
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• British
  United Kingdom
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   Colony of Nova Scotia east of Penobscot River
  Penobscot River
  The Penobscot River is a river in the U.S. state of Maine. Including the river's West Branch and South Branch increases the Penobscot's length to , making it the second longest river system in Maine and the longest entirely in the state. Its drainage basin contains .It arises from four branches...
  
  , 1707-(1765–1776)-1867
• State of Massachusetts Bay, 1776–1780
• Separation of Maine from Massachusetts in 1820
• State of Maine becomes 23rd State admitted to the United States of America on March 15, 1820
  • Republic of Madawaska
    Republic of Madawaska
    The Republic of Madawaska was a small, unrecognized state in the northwest corner of Madawaska County, New Brunswick and adjacent areas of Aroostook County in the American state of Maine and of Quebec. The word "Madawaska" comes from the Mi'kmaq words madawas and kak...
    
    , 1827–1842
  • Aroostook War
    Aroostook War
    The Aroostook War was an undeclared nonviolent confrontation in 1838/1839 between the United States and Great Britain over the international boundary between British North America and Maine. The compromise resolution win a mutually accepted border between the state of Maine and the provinces of...
    
    , 1838–1839
  • American Civil War
    American Civil War
    The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
    
    , April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
    • Maine in the American Civil War
      Maine in the American Civil War
      During the American Civil War, the state of Maine was a source of military manpower, supplies, ships, arms, and political support for the Union Army...
      
      
  • Acadia National Park
    Acadia National Park
    Acadia National Park is a National Park located in the U.S. state of Maine. It reserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic coast...
    
     established on February 26, 1919

History of Maine, by region

• by city
  • History of Portland, Maine
    History of Portland, Maine
    The History of Portland, Maine begins when the area was called Machigonne, meaning "great neck," by the Abenaki Native Americans who originally inhabited the peninsula...
    
    
    • Railroad history of Portland, Maine

Culture of Maine

• Cuisine of Maine
• Museums in Maine
• Religion in Maine
  • Episcopal Diocese of Maine
    Episcopal Diocese of Maine
    The Episcopal Diocese of Maine is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and encompasses the entire State of Maine. It is part of the Province of New England - Province I of the ECUSA...
    
    
• Scouting in Maine
  Scouting in Maine
  Scouting in Maine dates back to the creation of the Katahdin Area Council in 1920 and has continued prominently to the present day.-History:Boy Scouting started early in Maine, with two local councils in operation by February 1915. The first second class council was in operation by 1916, and by...
  
  
• State symbols of Maine
  • Flag of the State of Maine  
  • Great Seal of the State of Maine 

Economy and infrastructure of Maine

Main article: Economy of Maine

• Communications in Maine
  • Newspapers in Maine
  • Radio stations in Maine
  • Television stations in Maine
• Health care in Maine
  • Hospitals in Maine
• Transportation in Maine
  • Airports in Maine
  • Rail transport in Maine

Education in Maine

Main article: Education in Maine

Education in Maine

Education in Maine consists of public and private schools in Maine, including the University of Maine System, the Maine Community College System, private colleges, and secondary and primary schools.-Department of Education:...

• Schools in Maine
  • School districts in Maine
    • High schools in Maine
  • Colleges and universities in Maine
    • University of Maine
      University of Maine
      The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...
      
      

See also

• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  
  • Outline of North America
    • Outline of the United States
• Index of Maine-related articles

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