Auburn, ME 04210
Auburn, Maine Lodging, Real Estate, Travel & Visitor Information

First settled under the name of Pejepscot in 1786, Auburn, Maine is the county seat of Androscoggin county, and was the first Maine city to use a council-manager form of government. The town name of Auburn was inspired by a poem by Oliver Goldsmith titled 'The Deserted Village'. After the arrival of the railroad and the construction of a bridge to Lewiston in 1848, Auburn became a booming mill town that manufactured shoes, cotton and wool textiles, bricks, furniture and ironworks. Famous residents of Auburn have included skiers John Bower and Julie Parisien, jazz guitarist Lenny Breau, botanist Elmer D. Merrill and geologist George P. Merrill.