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Machias, Maine
Machias
is a
town
in and the
county seat
of
Washington County
in
downeast
Maine
, United States. As of the
2010 census
, the town population was 2,221. It is home to the
University of Maine at Machias
and
Machias Valley Airport
, a small public airport owned by the town. The word
Machias
roughly translates in
Passamaquoddy
as "bad little falls", a reference to the
Machias River
. Machias is best known as the site of the first naval battle in the
American Revolution
.
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