| Waldoboro is town in Lincoln County, incorporated on June 29, 1773. Originally Waldoborough, it was named for General Samuel Waldo and incorporated from the plantation known as Broad Bay. A settlement attempted in the 1730's was destroyed by Indians, but a second attempt in the 1750's, promoted by Samuel Waldo, son of the General, became a permanent one.
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