This census-designated place first settled in 1623 is home to a defensive fortification built at the mouth of what river?
Kittery Point, Maine Kittery Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Kittery, York County, Maine, United States. First settled in 1623, Kittery Point traces its history to the first seafarers who colonized the shore of what became Massachusetts Bay Colony and later the State of Maine. Located beside the Atlantic Ocean, it is home to Fort McClary State Historic Site, and Fort Foster Park on Gerrish Island. Cutts Island is home to Seapoint Beach and the Brave Boat Harbor Division of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
Fort Trumbull Fort Trumbull is a fort named for Governor Jonathan Trumbull which was first completed in 1777 near the mouth of the Thames River on Long Island Sound in New London, Connecticut. The present fortification was built between 1839 and 1852. The site lies adjacent to the Coast Guard Station New London and is managed as 16-acre Fort Trumbull State Park by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.