Biddeford

Biddeford, a town of Maine, U.S., on the right bank of the Saco River, 6 miles from its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean, opposite the town of Saco (q.v.), and 93 miles NNE. of Boston by rail. It has manufactures of cotton and woollen goods and machinery, and there is a large trade in timber. It was settled about 1630, and named by settlers from Bideford in England. Pop. (1890) 14,443.