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Hampden

Town in Penobscot County, south-central Maine; population (1990) 6,000. Hampden lies on the Penobscot River, 8 km/5 mi southwest and downstream of Bangor.

Hampden is in an agricultural area just outside Bangor, and contains both suburban housing and apple orchards. The reformer Dorothea Lynde Dix was born here in 1802, and a memorial park is sited at her birthplace.



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Round Clifton Hampden, itself a wonderfully pretty village, old- fashioned, peaceful, and dainty with flowers, the river scenery is rich and beautiful.
Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
We visited the tomb of the illustrious Hampden and the field on which that patriot fell.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
``Tring, Wing, and Ivanhoe, For striking of a blow, Hampden did forego, And glad he could escape so.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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