Maine · ME
Kennebunkport
A shipbuilding village turned summer resort, home of Walker's Point.
- Population
- 3,629 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- 1653, as Cape Porpus
- Renamed
- 1821
Then
- 1653
Cape Porpus incorporates under Massachusetts. Abenaki resistance empties it by 1689.
- 1701
Resettled, it is renamed Arundel.
- 1821
The shipbuilding town renames itself Kennebunkport.
- 1939
The Seashore Trolley Museum opens.
Now
Dock Square, a mile up the Kennebunk River, is full of galleries and seafood. Walker's Point is the Bush family's summer estate. Biddeford, Camp Ellis and Cape Porpoise share this stretch.
5 tide stations around Kennebunkport
- Kennebunkportin town
- Cape Porpoise2.3 mi
- Wells, Webhannet River5.2 mi
- Camp Ellis, Saco River Entrance8.4 mi
- Biddeford, Saco River9.1 mi