About Rockland

Rockland is a medium sized community found in the southern coastal region of the state of Maine. Rockland has a population of approximately seven thousand six hundred residents, and is considered a part of Knox County. Rockland serves as the county seat of Knox County, and is home to Knox County Regional Airport. Rockland enjoys beautiful scenery and the fall foliage of New England as well as plenty of things to see and do. Residents of a Rockland apartment for rent or house for rent can enjoy an interesting historical and cultural legacy dating back nearly three centuries.

Rockland was known to the Abenaki Indians as “Catawamteak”, and was originally settled in the year seventeen sixty nine. Rockland was named Thomastown at first, and was incorporated as a city in the year eighteen fifty four. Higher education in Rockland is offered by the Coastal Senior College, the Mid-Coast School of Technology, Penobscot School, and University College at Rockland. Residents of a Rockland apartment rental or home rental can enjoy the Rockland Public Library, the Farnsworth Art Museum, the Maine Lighthouse Museum, the Maine Lobster Festival, the Rockland Historical Society and Museum, and the Strand Theater.

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