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Rockland is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Maine, with a population of 6,936 at the 2020 census.

The city had 3,383 households in 2020 and covers 15.08 square miles, of which 12.85 square miles are land.

In 1767 John Lermond and his two brothers established a lumber operation at what became known as Lermond's Cove, first permanently settled around 1769.

The area was set off from Thomaston as the town of East Thomaston on July 28, 1848, renamed Rockland in 1850 for its prominent limestone cliffs, and chartered as a city in 1854.

By 1854 Rockland operated twelve lime quarries and 125 lime kilns, making it the leading lime producer in the United States, which gave the city its nickname "The Lime City".

Shipbuilding flourished alongside the lime industry, and in 1854 alone Rockland built eleven ships, three barks, six brigs and four schooners.

In March 1877 the Granite Cutters' International Union was formed in Rockland, becoming one of the earliest craft unions in the United States.

The opening of the Knox and Lincoln Railroad in 1871 transformed Rockland into a tourist destination, and the Bay Point Hotel, later the Samoset, opened in 1889.

Rockland is a departure point for the Maine State Ferry Service to the islands of Penobscot Bay: Vinalhaven, North Haven and Matinicus.

The city is known as the "Lobster Capital of the World" and hosts the Maine Lobster Festival, a five-day event held in early August at the Rockland Public Landing.