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West Appleton, Maine

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Welcome to West Appleton ...

West Appleton is located in Knox County.

A typical abbreviation for West Appleton: W. Appleton

West Appleton is 310 feet [94.49 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Telephone area code for West Appleton: (207)

Population Details ...

While we we don't have population counts for West Appleton, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for West Appleton.

Communities near West Appleton ...

The following is a sample of nearby communities. Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from West Appleton and not the distance as if you are going to drive it.^<2>.

Community	2009 ^<3> Population	Change Since 2000	Direction		Distance
Belfast	6,692	+4.87%		NE	12 miles [19.3 km]
Camden	5,256	---		SE	12 miles [19.3 km]
China	4,429	+7.87%		W	14 miles [22.5 km]
Rockland	7,441	+2.21%		SE	16 miles [25.7 km]
Rockport	3,516	+9.57%		SE	15 miles [24.1 km]
Thomaston	3,645	+2.75%		S	18 miles [29 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for West Appleton.

Search for Local Businesses ...

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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) West Appleton. 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.

Business Owners: To appear in the above search results, your business will need to be listed with the Google Places service. Please use the below link to learn about and register for the free service.

If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.

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Off-the-Road Links ...

The following websites are photo collections that may contain pictures for the area around West Appleton:

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Panoramio.com

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Appleton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance that begins at West Appleton. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, private property - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Appleton) to Point B. If you need the driving distance (or directions), we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for West Appleton. Since we usually use Google Maps, we've provided the following link: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from West Appleton - Return to Citation
<3>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for West Appleton. - Return to Citation
<4>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

For additional information, please visit our Glossary for West Appleton.