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Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Old Orchard Beach is a town and census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,624 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland−South Portland−Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Located on the inner side of Saco Bay on the Atlantic Ocean, the town is a popular summer beach destination. The downtown contains many tourist-oriented businesses, including clam shacks and T-shirt shops. A wooden pier on the beach contains many other tourist businesses, including a variety of souvenir shops. The seven mile (11 km) long beach stretching away from the downtown is lined with many beach residential properties, condominiums, motels and bed and breakfasts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Maine's Premier Beach )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Best Beaches in Maine )〕
==Early history==
The Old Orchard Beach area began appearing in historical records around 1653. The area was first officially settled in 1657 by Thomas Rogers who had arrived in the Goose Fare Brook area in 1636,〔Blaney, Daniel E., (''Old Orchard Beach'' ), Arcadia Publishing, 2007. Cf. (p.7 )〕〔Varney, George J., (''Historical Sketch of Old Orchard Beach, Maine From A Gazetteer of the State of Maine" ), B. B. Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston 1886〕〔Clayton, W. Woodford, (''History of York County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers'' ), Higginson Book Company, 1880 - York County (Me.). Cf. (p.175 )〕 and who dubbed it "The Garden By The Sea". The town takes its name from Rogers' abandoned apple orchard. Rogers' family left the area and relocated in Kittery, Maine after an Indian attack destroyed the Rogers' homestead. The namesake orchard survived for approximately 150 years as a beacon of land to sailors in the Atlantic Ocean.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Old Orchard Beach, Maine )〕 The historic Free Will Baptist revival camp at Ocean Park, Maine, just down the beach from central Old Orchard, was built in 1881 by Bates College President Oren B. Cheney. The mission of the Association, as declared to the State of Maine on January 24, 1881 was "to establish a place of summer resort for holding religious, educational and other meetings at Old Orchard, in Saco, Maine, in the County of York.".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Story of Ocean Park )〕 The community still thrives today.
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