| Official Name: | Damariscotta, Maine |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Maine |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lincoln |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town |
| Subdivision Name3: | Damariscotta |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.70 |
| Area Land Km2: | 8.95 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.75 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.13 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.46 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.68 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1193 |
| Population Density Km2: | 133.26 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 345.20 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 40 |
| Coordinates: | 44.0319°N -69.5294°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 04543 |
| Area Code: | 207 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 23-16200 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2652331 |
Damariscotta is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the main village of the town of Damariscotta in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,142 at the 2010 census,[2] out of 2,218 in the entire town. In the 2000 census, the village was part of the Damariscotta-Newcastle CDP.
The Damariscotta CDP occupies the western part of the town of Damariscotta in central Lincoln County. The CDP extends south to the town boundary with Bristol, and the western edge of the CDP is the center of the Damariscotta River, which forms the border with the town of Newcastle. The CDP extends north to U.S. Route 1 and east to a power line, or approximately Heater Road.[3]
U.S. Route 1 Business runs through the center of Damariscotta as Main Street. The main US 1 bypasses Damariscotta to the north. US 1 leads northeast to Rockland and southwest to Bath. Portland is to the southwest. Maine Routes 129 and 130 have their northern terminus in Damariscotta. Leaving the community to the south together, they split in the northern part of the town of Bristol, with ME 129 leading south-southwest to South Bristol and ME 130 leading south-southeast to Pemaquid Point.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Damariscotta CDP has a total area of 10.7sqkm, of which 8.95sqkm are land and 1.75sqkm, or 16.36%, are water.[4]