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- Kennebunkport was first incorporated in 1653 as Cape Porpus, subject to the government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise).
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History. Kennebunkport was first incorporated in 1653 as Cape Porpus, subject to the government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise ). Due to Abenaki Indian resistance to colonial expansion, European settlers abandoned the town by 1689 and did not return for at least ten years.
The area now known as Kennebunkport was first incorporated as Cape Porpoise in 1653. Driven off by early Indian wars, the inhabitants returned in 1719 and resettled along the river under the name of Arundel. In 1820 when Maine became a state, that name was changed to its present one.
A booklet containing this information and history tour is available at the front desk. Early Kennebunkport First incorporated in 1653 as Cape Porpoise, this and the rest of Maine was originally considered a part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Independent statehood was granted to Maine in 1820, a year before the town would be renamed…
This area was first incorporated as Cape Porpoise in 1653, was abandoned during the wars of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was resettled in 1719. It was incorporated as Kennebunkport in 1820.
Reincorporated as Arundel in 1717, it was renamed Kennebunkport in 1821, the name being derived from an Abenaki or Mi’kmaq (Micmac) Indian word indicative of a “long sandbar.” The adjoining town of Kennebunk was settled about 1650 and was included in the town of Wells; it was set off and incorporated in 1820.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Kennebunkport (kĕn´Ĭbŭngkpôrt´, kĕn´Ĭbŭngk´pôrt), town (1990 pop. 1,100), York co., S Maine, on the Atlantic coast; settled 1629, inc. 1653. The early town, called Arundel, appears in Kenneth Roberts's books; the name was changed in 1821. The town is a summer resort, especially for authors, artists, and actors.
of Massachusetts and incorporated in 1653. Placed under the jurisdiction of Saco for a short time in 1688. Re-incorporated under the name of Arundel in 1717. Name changed February 19, 1821.” 1983-1984 Maine Register Town Area 18.6 square miles Roads 52 miles 2010 Federal Census 3,474 2020 School Population (Kennebunkport students) 354
