Skowhegan is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously held state fair in the United States. Skowhegan was originally inhabited by the indigenous Abenaki people who named the area Skowhegan, meaning "watching place [for fish]," and were mostly dispersed by the end of the 4th Anglo-Abenaki War.
Northeast
Skowhegan
Somerset County, ME
Population
8,603
Walk Score
78 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$819
Median home value
$143,100
Settled
1771
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