In New England, when people think of a “city,” they think of a place where you can go for services and business. In Maine, the legal difference between a city and a town is largely meaningless, so it may surprise you that some of Maine’s largest communities are towns, and there are some cities with very small populations.
Interested in learning more about what makes a Maine “city” and “town”? Check out Mario Moretto’s story on the topic from July 2013, “Our ‘town’? While cities grow, most of Maine local government stuck in 17th century.”