About Ashland
Ashland, ME is a small unincorporated community located in northeastern Maine.
Ashland holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 4.46 square miles.
📰 Ashland News Today
- Ashland break-in: one suspect arrested, second still at large WAGM · Jul 9
- Irving Forest Products in Ashland to expand sawmill operation to double capacity and add jobs Maine Public · Jun 10
- A rural Maine town’s only grocery store is headed to foreclosure auction Bangor Daily News · Jun 29
- Ashland Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 30
- Milton Clark Obituary (2026) - Ashland, ME - Direct Cremation of Maine - Belfast Legacy obituary · May 14
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Ashland Unique
- One of 19 places in the US named Ashland — but the Maine one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northeastern Maine, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 20 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Ashland Logging Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Ashland
- Ashland Community Memorial Park reviews ★
- Ashland Public Reserved Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Butler Island Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Garfield Plantation Public Reserved Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Nashville Plantation N Public Reserved Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Nashville Plantation S Public Reserved Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Pollard Flat Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Ashland
- Ashland District School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaine
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area4.46 sq mi
Coordinates46.6169, -68.3928