County Past
Home › Maine › Cumberland County

Cumberland County, Maine

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
253historic places
—earliest paper
1760formed
303,069pop. 2020
347cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 253 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 14 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Portland, Brunswick, Harpswell.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Maine is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Cumberland titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

172 of 253 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

253 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abyssinian Meeting HousePortlandBuilding2006
Academy BuildingGorhamBuilding1973
Andrews, Lt. Robert, HouseBridgtonBuilding2005
Androscoggin Swinging BridgeBrunswickStructure2004
Art GalleryGorhamBuilding1972
Auburn-Harpswell Association Historic DistrictSouth HarpswellDistrict1985
BAGHEERA (schooner)PortlandStructure2009
Back CovePortlandDistrict1989
Bailey Island Cobwork BridgeHarpswellStructure1975
Bailey Island Library HallHarpswellBuilding2008
Battery SteelePortlandStructure2005
Baxter HouseGorhamBuilding1979
Baxter Summer HomeFalmouthBuilding1985
Beckett's CastleCape ElizabethBuilding1974
Blanchard, Capt. S. C., HouseYarmouthBuilding1979
Boody, Henry, HouseBrunswickBuilding1975
Brown, C. A., CottageCape ElizabethBuilding1974
Brown, Harrison B., HousePortlandBuilding1980
Brown, J. B., Memorial BlockPortlandBuilding1978
Brunswick Commercial Historic DistrictBrunswickDistrict2016
Burnell TavernWest BaldwinBuilding1983
Butler, A. B., HousePortlandBuilding1974
Camp HammondYarmouthBuilding1979
Caswell Public Library (Former)HarrisonBuilding2005
Cathedral of the Immaculate ConceptionPortlandBuilding1985
Central Parish ChurchYarmouthBuilding1988
Chapman, Leonard Bond, HousePortlandBuilding1980
Chestnut Street Methodist ChurchPortlandBuilding1977
Children's HospitalPortlandBuilding2012
Clapp, Charles Q., BlockPortlandBuilding1978
Clapp, Charles Q., HousePortlandBuilding1972
Cleaveland, Parker, House NHLBrunswickBuilding2000
Cleaves, Benjamin, HouseBridgtonBuilding1988
Clifford, Nathan, SchoolPortlandBuilding2013
Cousins Island ChapelCousins IslandBuilding1997
Crescent LodgeCape ElizabethBuilding2018
Crystal Spring FarmBrunswickDistrict2004
Cumberland Mills Historic DistrictWestbrookDistrict1974
Cumberland and Oxford CanalStandishStructure1974
Davis, Dalton Holmes, Memorial LibraryBridgtonBuilding1989
Deering Estate BarnPortlandBuilding1969
Deering OaksPortlandDistrict1989
Deering Street Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1983
Deertrees TheatreHarrisonBuilding1989
Dow BridgeStandishStructure2022
Dow, Gen. Neal, House NHLPortlandBuilding1973
Dry Mills SchoolGrayBuilding1996
Dunlap, John, HouseBrunswickBuilding1979
Dunning, Deacon Andrew, HouseNorth HarpswellDistrict1999
Dunstan Methodist Episcopal ChurchScarboroughBuilding1989
Dyer, Isaac E., EstateGorhamDistrict1998
Dyer, Nathaniel, HousePortlandBuilding1987
Dyer-Hutchinson FarmCape ElizabethDistrict1997
Dyke Mountain AnnexSebagoBuilding2005
Eagle Island NHLHarpswellBuilding1971
East Harpswell Free Will Baptist ChurchEast HarpswellBuilding1988
East Raymond Union ChapelEast RaymondBuilding2004
Eastern CemeteryPortlandSite1973
Eastern PromenadePortlandDistrict1989
Eighth Maine Regiment MemorialPeaks IslandBuilding2006
Engine Company Number Nine FirehousePortlandBuilding2010
Everett ChambersPortlandBuilding2006
Evergreen CemeteryPortlandDistrict1992
Falmouth High SchoolFalmouthBuilding2016
Falmouth HouseNorth FalmouthBuilding1976
Farnsworth HouseNorth BridgtonBuilding1980
Federal Street Historic DistrictBrunswickDistrict1976
Fifth Maine Regiment Community CenterPortlandBuilding1978
First Parish ChurchBrunswickBuilding1969
First Parish ChurchPortlandBuilding1973
First Parish Congregational ChurchYarmouthBuilding1995
First Parish MeetinghouseStandishBuilding1975
Fitch's General Store and HouseEast SebagoBuilding1995
Fort GorgesPortlandStructure1973
Fort McKinley Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1985
Fort McKinley Torpedo StorehousePortlandBuilding2024
Franklin TowersPortlandBuilding2024
Freeman Farm Historic DistrictGrayDistrict2003
Freeport Main Street Historic DistrictFreeportDistrict1977
Friends MeetinghouseCascoBuilding1975
Goold HouseWindhamBuilding1990
Gorham Campus Historic DistrictGorhamBuilding1978
Gorham Historic DistrictGorhamDistrict1992
Gothic House, ThePortlandBuilding1974
Grand Trunk Railroad StationYarmouthBuilding1979
Great Chebeague Golf ClubChebeague IslandDistrict2015
Great Falls Historic DistrictNorth GorhamDistrict1995
Green Memorial A.M.E. Zion ChurchPortlandBuilding1973
Greene CottageHarpswellBuilding2019
Greenough, Byron, BlockPortlandBuilding1977
Greenwood Garden PlayhousePortlandBuilding2021
Griffin HousePortlandBuilding1984
Halfway Rock Light StationSouth HarpswellStructure1988
Hall's TavernFalmouthBuilding1978
Hamblen BlockPortlandBuilding1983
Hamblen Development Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1992
Hanson, Asa, BlockPortlandBuilding2001
Harpswell Meetinghouse NHLBrunswickBuilding1968
Harraseeket Historic DistrictFreeportDistrict1974
Harris, Nathan, HouseWestbrookBuilding1993
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Boyhood HomeSouth CascoBuilding1969
Homer, Winslow, Studio NHLScarboroughBuilding1966
How HousesPortlandDistrict1980
How, Daniel, HousePortlandBuilding1973
Hunniwell, Richard, HouseScarboroughBuilding1976
Ingraham, Joseph Holt, HousePortlandBuilding1973
Intervale FarmNew GloucesterBuilding2004
Kellogg, Elijah, ChurchHarpswellBuilding1979
Kellogg, Elijah, HouseHarpswellBuilding1975
Lakeside Grange #63HarrisonBuilding2005
Lancaster BlockPortlandBuilding1982
Leighton, Adam P., HousePortlandBuilding1982
Lightship No. 112, NANTUCKET NHLSouth PortlandStructure1989
Lincoln ParkPortlandDistrict1989
Lincoln Street Historic DistrictBrunswickDistrict1976
Little Mark Island MonumentHarpswellStructure2016
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, MonumentPortlandObject1990
Longfellow, Stephen, HouseGorhamBuilding1984
Maine Archeological Site No. 9-16PortlandSite1979
Maine Central Railroad General Office BuildingPortlandBuilding1988
Maine Eye and Ear InfirmaryPortlandBuilding1986
Maine Historical SocietyPortlandBuilding1980
Maine Publicity Bureau BuildingPortlandBuilding1990
Mallett HallPownal CenterBuilding1991
Mallett, E. B., Office BuildingFreeportBuilding1982
Manning, Richard, HouseSouth CascoBuilding1993
Manor HouseNaplesBuilding1978
Maplewood FarmSouth WindhamDistrict1991
Marine HospitalPortlandBuilding1974
Mariner's ChurchPortlandBuilding1973
Marrett, Daniel, HouseStandishBuilding1974
Masonic TemplePortlandBuilding1982
Massachusetts Hall, Bowdoin CollegeBrunswickBuilding1971
McLellan HouseGorhamBuilding1972
McLellan-Sweat Mansion NHLPortlandBuilding1970
Mechanics' HallPortlandBuilding1973
Mechanics' Hall (Additional Documentation)PortlandBuilding1973
Merriconeag Grange No. 425HarpswellBuilding2019
Merriconegan FarmHarpswellBuilding1979
Merrill, Capt. Reuben, HouseYarmouthBuilding1974
Merrill, Capt. Reuel and Lucy, HouseCumberland Center StationBuilding1999
Minott, William, HousePortlandBuilding1979
Mitchell HouseYarmouthBuilding1978
Morse-Libby Mansion NHLPortlandBuilding1970
New Gloucester Historic DistrictNew GloucesterDistrict1974
North SchoolPortlandBuilding1982
North Yarmouth AcademyYarmouthBuilding1975
North Yarmouth and Freeport Baptist MeetinghouseYarmouthBuilding1978
Norton House Historic DistrictFalmouthBuilding2004
Orr's Island Meeting HouseHarpswellBuilding2022
Paine Neighborhood Historic DistrictStandishDistrict1985
Park Street RowPortlandBuilding1972
Payson House at ThornhurstFalmouthBuilding2005
Peabody-Fitch HouseSouth BridgtonDistrict1989
Pennell InstituteGrayBuilding1982
Pennellville Historic DistrictBrunswickDistrict1985
Perley, Sam, FarmNaplesBuilding1979
Perry, William F., HouseBridgtonBuilding1975
Pettengill House and FarmFreeportBuilding1970
Porteous, Mitchell and Braun Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1996
Portland Breakwater LightSouth PortlandBuilding1973
Portland City HallPortlandBuilding1973
Portland City HospitalPortlandBuilding1985
Portland ClubPortlandBuilding1973
Portland HeadlightCape ElizabethBuilding1973
Portland High SchoolPortlandBuilding1984
Portland Observatory NHLPortlandBuilding1973
Portland Packing Company FactoryPortlandBuilding1996
Portland Railroad Company SubstationWest ScarboroughBuilding1991
Portland Soldiers and Sailors MonumentPortlandObject1998
Portland WaterfrontPortlandDistrict1974
Portland Waterfront (Boundary Increase)PortlandDistrict2012
Portland Waterfront Historic District (Boundary Increase III)PortlandDistrict2020
Portland Waterfront Historic District (Boundary Increase)PortlandDistrict1984
Pote, Capt. Greenfield, HouseFreeportBuilding1970
Pownal Cattle PoundPownalStructure2004
Prince, Cushing and Hannah, HouseYarmouthBuilding1999
Proprietors Meeting House and Parish HouseS. BuxtonBuilding2001
Purington, Elisha, HouseFalmouthBuilding1985
Rackleff BuildingPortlandBuilding1973
Ram Island Ledge Light StationCape ElizabethStructure1988
Randall, Jacob, HousePownalBuilding1979
Reed, Amos O., HouseBrunswickBuilding2025
Reed, Thomas Brackett, House NHLPortlandBuilding1973
Richardson HouseBrunswickBuilding1974
Richmond's Island Archeological SiteCape ElizabethSite1978
Russwurm, John B., HousePortlandBuilding1983
Ryefield BridgeStuarts CornerStructure1999
Sagamore Village Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict2020
Scarborough High SchoolScarboroughBuilding2007
Schlotterbeck and Foss BuildingPortlandBuilding2016
Scribner HomesteadBolsters MillsBuilding2001
Seavey-Robinson HouseSouth PortlandBuilding1986
Shaker Village NHLSabbathday Lake and vicinityDistrict1974
Skelton, Thomas, HouseFalmouthBuilding1973
Smith, F.O.J., TombPortlandSite1974
Smith, Parson, HouseSouth WindhamBuilding1973
Songo LockNaplesStructure1970
South Bridgton Congregational ChurchSouth BridgtonBuilding1987
South Street Historic DistrictGorhamDistrict1988
Southgate FarmScarboroughBuilding2018
Sparrow HousePortlandBuilding1982
Spring Point Ledge Light StationSouth PortlandStructure1988
Spring Street Historic District (Additional Documentation)PortlandDistrict1970
Spurwink Congregational ChurchCape ElizabethBuilding1970
St. Hyacinth School and ConventWestbrookBuilding2013
St. Joseph's Academy and Convent-Catherine McAuley School (Additional Documentation)PortlandBuilding2017
St. Joseph's Academy and Convent-Catherine McAuley School (Boundary Increase)PortlandBuilding2022
St. Lawrence ChurchPortlandBuilding1979
St. Paul's Church and RectoryPortlandBuilding1978
St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchBrunswickBuilding1978
Standish Corner Historic DistrictStandishDistrict1993
State Reform School Historic DistrictSouth PortlandDistrict1985
Steep Falls LibrarySteep FallsBuilding2004
Stevens, John Calvin, HousePortlandBuilding1973
Stimson Memorial HallGrayBuilding1992
Stone HouseBridgtonBuilding1984
Stover, Capt. Johnson H. Jr., HouseHarpswellBuilding2018
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, House NHLBrunswickBuilding1966
Stroudwater Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1973
Tarr-Eaton HouseHarpswell CenterBuilding2001
Tate House NHLStroudwaterBuilding1970
Thomas B. Reed SchoolPortlandBuilding2020
Thompson BlockPortlandBuilding1973
Tracy-Causer BlockPortlandBuilding1994
Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement AssociationPortlandBuilding2024
Two LightsCape ElizabethStructure1974
U.S. CourthousePortlandBuilding1974
U.S. CustomhousePortlandBuilding1973
US Post Office-Portland MainPortlandBuilding1986
Union ChurchNorth HarpswellBuilding1988
Union ChurchNaplesBuilding1994
Union HotelCundy's HarborBuilding1985
Universalist Meeting HouseNew GloucesterBuilding1988
Vallee Family HouseWestbrookBuilding1988
Valley LodgeSteep FallsBuilding1977
Wadsworth-Longfellow House NHLPortlandBuilding1966
Wales and Hamblen StoreBridgtonBuilding1990
Walker Memorial HallBridgtonBuilding1983
Walker Memorial LibraryWestbrookBuilding1980
Walking Man SignWestbrookObject2019
Warren BlockWestbrookBuilding1974
Watkins House and CabinsSouth CascoDistrict1992
Webb, John and Maria, HouseBridgtonBuilding2013
Westbrook College Historic DistrictPortlandBuilding1977
Westbrook High SchoolWestbrookBuilding1979
Western CemeteryPortlandSite2025
Western PromenadePortlandDistrict1989
Western Promenade Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1984
Whittier Field Athletic ComplexBrunswickDistrict2017
Williston-West Church and Parish HousePortlandBuilding1980
Winn Road SchoolCumberland CenterBuilding1984
Woodman BuildingPortlandBuilding1972

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cumberland was formed in 1760 (1760-11-01) from York.

CUMBERLAND created by Massachusetts from YORK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cumberland County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

303k165k26k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
26,10538,20849,44568,65875,59186,359100,689124,376146,000169,201182,751215,789265,612303,069

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

347 cemeteries and 13 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 347 listed
NameLatLon
Adams - Hinkley Cemetery43.90113-69.88724
Allen Family CemeteryNoneNone
Alms House-City Farm CemeteryNoneNone
Ancient Burying Ground43.91898-69.96707
Annie Simpson Grave43.92631-69.89504
Arlington Cemetery43.83154-70.43742
Austin Cemetery43.80274-70.38435
Babb Cemetery43.91477-70.71521
Bailey Cemetery43.69717-70.3082
Bailey Island Cemetery43.73863-69.99443
Barnard Cemetery44.12892-70.70317
Benton Cemetery43.852-70.78968
Berry Cemetery43.59692-70.4033
Bickford Dyer Cemetery43.79278-70.7566
Black Point Cemetery43.57202-70.31449
Blake Cemetery43.90701-70.67061
Blanchard Cemetery43.76953-70.26934
Boulter Cemetery43.94285-70.71543
Boulter John Cemetery43.70796-70.6445
Bowie Cemetery43.88007-70.2314
Brackett Memorial Cemetery43.65245-70.19994
Brooklawn Memorial Cemetery43.64896-70.32088
Brown Cemetery43.73936-70.41662
Brown Cemetery43.8259-70.71506
Brown CemeteryNoneNone
Brown Cemetery 243.89103-70.73049
Bunganuc Cemetery43.86321-70.00999
Burham Cemetery43.60191-70.44951
Burnham Cemetery44.06347-70.73545
Burr Cemetery43.87275-70.10603
Calvary Cemetery43.63425-70.29283
Cape Elizabeth Church Cemetery43.57659-70.22132
Carsley Cemetery44.05891-70.62255
Center Cemetery44.07852-70.65796
Chaplin Cemetery43.98564-70.66999
Chase - Jameson Cemetery43.85882-70.02346
Chase Cemetery43.74792-70.38755
Choate Cemetery43.96293-70.64946
Chute Cemetery43.76091-70.39833
Cobb Cemetery43.71365-70.35937
Collins Cemetery43.90756-70.09171
Collins Cemetery43.60675-70.45676
Conant Cemetery43.68068-70.37458
Congregational Cemetery43.79734-70.25769
Convene Cemetery43.88827-70.72837
Cook - Pinkham Cemetery43.98007-70.52785
Craig Road Burying Ground43.73608-70.37094
Cranberryhorn Cemetery43.83695-69.89889
Cyrus Brown Cemetery43.82869-70.71292
Davis Cemetery43.82159-70.15929
Day Cemetery43.92459-70.08121
Deer Hill Cemetery44.13829-70.66476
Doctor James Norton Cemetery43.71121-70.61742
Dolley Cemetery43.83273-70.4099
Douglass Cemetery44.06312-70.83256
Dows Corner Cemetery43.72203-70.58656
Dunn Nason Guptill Cemetery43.80174-70.73251
Dunstan Cemetery43.5676-70.39256
Dyer Cemetery43.8888-70.73609
Dyer Family CemeteryNoneNone
Eastern Cemetery43.6816-70.43177
Eastern Cemetery43.66257-70.25005
Eben Libby Farm Cemetery43.59458-70.31363
Edes Falls Cemetery43.9912-70.57557
Edward Rounds Cemetery43.80673-70.69311
Edwards Cemetery43.99156-70.45629
Elder Cemetery43.70437-70.38364
Elmwood Cemetery43.89646-70.19533
Emerson - Thorne Cemetery43.80295-70.72371
Emerson Cemetery44.07236-70.78181
Evergreen Cemetery43.68081-70.29945
Farris Cemetery43.80965-70.28548
Fenderson Family Cemetery43.62165-70.46811
Fenderson Marshall Cemetery43.57314-70.41259
Fickett Cemetery43.95804-70.53131
Field - Watts Cemetery43.75041-70.27499
Finnish Cemetery44.08027-70.64662
Finnish Cemetery44.1386-70.64823
First Parish Cementery43.84891-70.11287
First Parish Cemetery43.89349-69.97236
Historical populated places — 13 of 13
NameLatLon
Danish Village43.58508-70.35783
Gates Hill43.81702-70.432
Great Falls43.80341-70.44783
Grubb Hill43.7098-70.29838
Gumet43.8623-69.91338
Lone Creek Village43.63119-70.32255
Lowells Corner43.84924-70.44839
Lower Village43.79286-70.17727
Rigby43.60314-70.29171
Summit View Park43.71702-70.29116
Upper Village43.80286-70.19477
Village of Halidon43.69647-70.35811
West Falmouth43.74008-70.29505

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

Marker text and photos from the Historical Marker Database (HMdb) are not embedded here. HMdb allows non-commercial reuse with attribution, but commercial/compensated use needs written permission; this is a commercial site, so we only link out.

Search HMdb for Cumberland County, Maine

Terms: hmdb.org/copyright.asp. Linking is encouraged by HMdb.