About Unity
Set in the central part of Maine, Unity is a small unincorporated community.
Unity holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.83 square miles.
📰 Unity News Today
- Unity, Maine’s People Named Maine’s 'Hippiest,' But Do They Really “Wear Flowers In Their Hair?” The Maine Wire · Aug 9
- Unity Environmental University sells Quaker Hill campus as part of multi-year transition WABI · Jun 17
- Two Maine teens win world fishing championship newscentermaine.com · Jul 2
- Unity Environmental University Sells Former Campus for $6 Million Midcoast Villager · Jun 18
- Unity Environmental University sells its Unity campus for $6M Bangor Daily News · Jun 17
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Unity Unique
- One of 5 places in the US named Unity — 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.
- Part of the fabric of Maine — one of 155 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Unity
📍 Cooks Corner📍 Dodge Corner📍 East Thorndike📍 East Troy📍 Farwells Corner📍 Gerrish Corner📍 Greens Corner📍 Hales Corner📍 Knox Corner📍 Knox Ledge Corner📍 Mitchell Corner📍 Oakwood📍 Reynolds Corner📍 Sibley Corner📍 Smarts Corner📍 Troy Center📍 Walker Corner📍 Windemere📍 Winnecook
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Unity
- Ridgetop restaurant
- The Lost Kitchen
- Unity House of Pizza — pizza
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Dome home · Attraction
- Thorndike Meeting Place · Museum
- Thorndike Mill · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Unity
- Bog Brook Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Burnham Public Beach Access reviews ★
- Carlson Woods Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Dye Garden · Garden reviews ★
- Field of Dreams reviews ★
- Fowler Bog Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Freedom Forest Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Freedom Park reviews ★
- Great Farm Brook Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Kanokolus Bog Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Larrabee Field reviews ★
- Lt. Clair Hall Thurston, Jr. Memorial Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Unity
- Albion Elementary School
- Ecology Learning Ctr
- Mt View Elementary School
- Mt View High School
- Mt View Middle School
- Troy Central School
- Unity Elementary School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaine
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.83 sq mi
Coordinates44.6187, -69.3446