Town of Holden, Maine

Current Weather

The Town of Holden is located in Penobscot County.

Holden is 50 feet [15.24 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Holden lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Massachusetts has a community that is also named Holden.

At the time of the 2000 Census, the Town of Holden had a population of 2,827 people^<2> (or 1.95% of the total population of Penobscot County). The population of Holden represented 0.22% of the total of Maine, making it the state's 117th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Holden had a population of 2,988 people. This is an increase of 5.7% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Holden.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bangor	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	31,756	0.9% increase
	Bucksport	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	4,893	0.31% decrease
	Ellsworth	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	7,103	10.02% increase
	Glenburn	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	4,447	12.18% increase
	Hampden	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	6,914	9.28% increase
	Hermon	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	5,314	19.77% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Holden.

The Commemorative Quarter for Maine<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Holden. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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