page_title: Wells, Maine
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Wells, Maine / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: 1911 postcard of the town hall in Wells, Maine, USA.
context_page_description: Wells is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Founded in 1643, it is the third-oldest town in Maine. The population in 2010 was 9,589. Wells Beach is a popular summer destination.
context_section_description: Wells is on the southern coast of Maine, surrounded by Kennebunk to the northeast, Sanford to the northwest, North Berwick to the west, South Berwick to the southwest, and Ogunquit to the south.
  According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 73.61 square miles (190.65 km²), of which, 57.55 square miles (149.05 km²) of it is land and 16.06 square miles (41.60 km²) is water. Wells is drained by the Webhannet River. The highest point in town is an unnamed hill located a half mile south of the intersection of State Route 9 and Bragdon Road, which is 360 feet (110 m) above sea level. The lowest elevation is sea level, along the coastline with the Atlantic Ocean.
  Wells is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
caption: Wells Town Hall in the 1940s.
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