Waldoboro became county seat of Lincoln County in 1786, but the designation would shift to Wiscasset in 1880. Farms produced hay and potatoes. The Knox and Lincoln Railroad arrived and spurred the town's development. Industries would include an iron foundry, an oakum mill, a carding and cloth-dressing mill, a grain mill, sawmills and planing mills, furniture and molding mills, a door, sash and blind factory, and a carriage factory. There were also marble and granite yards and a pottery. But ship building was the principal business, with 8 large vessels built in 1880. Waldoboro was the launching port for the Governor Ames in 1888, the first five masted schooner. The Governor Ames was built in Waldoboro's Leavitt Storer Shipyard. A port of entry, the town features an 1857 custom house designed by Ammi B. Young.

Wikipedia articles for Waldoboro

• Waldoboro, Maine
• Waldoboro (CDP), Maine
• Waldoboro (CDP), Maine
• Reed, Co. Isaac G., House
• U.S. Customhouse and Post Office
• Waldo Theatre
• Hutchins House
• Waldoborough Town Pound
• German Church and Cemetery
• German Church and Cemetery