Alfred, ME

Alfred is York County's seat, a Maine town whose civic center sits alongside two very different historic districts. The York County courthouse dates to 1806, the year Alfred became the county shire town, while the Alfred Shaker Historic District preserves a 300-acre hillside community that began with a meetinghouse in 1793. The town's waterways include the Middle Branch of the Mousam River, Littlefield River, Hay Brook, and Trafton Brook. Alfred is a courthouse town with Shaker buildings, stone walls, and a river network running through the surrounding woods.