Belfast, ME

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BELFAST, p.t., port of entry and seat of justice of Waldo co, Me., situated at the head of Belfast bay, on the west side of Penobscot river, and 30 miles from the ocean; 43 ms. E. of Augusta, and 636 ms. from W.  It has a spacious harbor, safe for vessels of th largest class, and is extensively in the coasting and foreign trade, fisheries, and ship-building; principal exports, lumber and fish. Pop. in 1810, 1,259; 1820, 2,026; 1830, 3,077; 1840, 4,186; 1850, 5,051.  (Fanning's, 1853)

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