Burnham, Maine
town in Waldo County, Maine, United States of America
Burnham is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,096 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 41.22 square miles (106.76 km2), of which 38.89 square miles (100.72 km2) is land and 2.33 square miles (6.03 km2) is water, chiefly Unity Pond. The town is drained by Twentyfive Mile Stream and the Sebasticook River.
Burnham is crossed by Interstate 95, Maine State Route 11 and 100. The town is bordered by Pittsfield on the north, Detroit on the northeast, Troy on the east, Unity and Unity Township on the south and Clinton on the west.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,164 people, 502 households, and 332 families living in the town. The population density was 29.9 inhabitants per square mile (11.5/km2). There were 714 housing units at an average density of 18.4 per square mile (7.1/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.4% White, 0.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Burnham, Maine” as town in Waldo County, Maine, United States of America. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Waldo County, Maine, United States of America. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3447523. VIAF identifies the subject as 127995743. The Library of Congress control number is n94026462. Authority coordinates are 44.693, -69.427. None of the 3 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2010.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
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Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Burnham, Maine”, its source revision and the description used here.
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- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Burnham, Maine” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.