Vanceboro, ME

Vanceboro is a census-designated place and the primary village in Vanceboro, Washington County, Maine, United States. Vanceboro is in northeastern Washington County, on the west side of the St. Croix River, which forms the Canada–United States border. Directly across the border is the small community of St. Croix, New Brunswick. A newcomer can read Vanceboro through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Vanceboro comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Maine State Route 6 passes through the center of Vanceboro, crossing the St. Croix River at the Vanceboro–St. Croix Border Crossing. Route 6 leads southwest 20 miles to U.S. Route 1 in Topsfield, while to the east New Brunswick Route 4 leads 17 miles to Thomaston Corner.