Farmingdale Maine Map

About Farmingdale, Maine

Farmingdale is a locality in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,000. The population density is 324.9 people per km². Farmingdale is located at 44.2514°N, 69.7845°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 04344.

Farmingdale stretches along the western bank of the Kennebec River, where the water moves with a heavy, deliberate gravity toward the distant salt air of Lyons Cove. It lies 4.6 miles south of Augusta, ME (from Augusta, ME: bearing 175°T), and is situated 1.0 miles north of Gardiner. The land rises from the riverbed in a slow incline, moving past the muddy reach of Tarbox Flats toward the quietude of the woods. Across the water, Browns Island sits like a dark splinter of granite, its presence anchoring the current that defines the local horizon. On clear days, the silhouette of Monmouth Ridge marks the western boundary, a serrated line against the sky that suggests the reach of the interior. The air here holds a particular chill, a lingering dampness that rises from the river and settles into the tall grasses of the Kennebec River Rail Trail, where the path keeps a steady, rhythmic pace with the water’s flow.

Farmingdale retains the quiet imprint of its agrarian origins, though the passage of time has shifted the weight of its economy away from the old fields and toward the rhythms of the neighboring capital. The soil, once turned by those who sought a living from the earth, now supports a mix of residential life and small-scale enterprise that favors the steady over the hurried. Memories of the river as a corridor for trade remain, though the bustling traffic of the past has long since given way to the movement of light across the surface of Cascade Pond, three miles to the west. Life in Farmingdale moves in accordance with the seasons, from the deep, frozen silence of the winter thaw to the brief, intense green of the short summer, maintaining a character that is defined less by grand event and more by the persistent, quiet endurance of the landscape itself.

About This Farmingdale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Farmingdale, Maine. Coordinates: 44.251387, -69.784476. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Farmingdale includes the ZIP code (04344), telephone area code (207), county seat of Kennebec County (Augusta), and school district assignment (Regional School Unit 02).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.