Cumberland (Maine)

Cumberland
Location in Maine
Cumberland
Basic data
Foundation :	April 2, 1822
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Cumberland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 47 ′  N , 70 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 47 ′  N , 70 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	7,211 (as of 2010)
Population density :	106.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	120.1 km 2  (approx. 46 mi 2 ) of which 67.5 km 2  (approx. 26 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	0 m
Postal code :	04021
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-15430
GNIS ID :	0582427
Website :	www.cumberlandmaine.com

Cumberland is a town in Cumberland County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 7,211 inhabitants in 2,697 households on an area of ​​67.5 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Cumberland has an area of ​​120.1  km² , of which 67.5 km² consists of land and 52.6 km² of water .

Geographical location

Cumberland is located in the middle of Cumberland County in southern Maine and belongs to the metropolitan area Portland - South Portland - Biddeford . In the southeast the city borders on the Atlantic . The Forest Lake is bordered to the west by the territory of the Town and the Knight Pond to the east. Several smaller rivers flow through the area in a south and south-easterly direction. They flow into the Atlantic Ocean. The surface is rather flat, without any significant elevations. Mainly agriculture takes place in the area.

Neighboring communities

All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• Northeast: North Yarmouth , 1.9 mi
• East: Yarmouth , 6.4 miles
• South: Falmouth , 2.1 miles
• West: Windham , 17.2 km
• Northwest: Gray , 8.4 mi

City structure

Cumberland is divided into several settlements, Cumberland Foreside , Cumberland Center , West Cumberland , Bald Hill (formerly a post office), Cumberland Station, Muskrat Hollow, Poland Corners (formerly a post office) and Wildwood Park. Cumberland Center is a census-designated place .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Cumberland ranges from −6.1 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 9 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. The snowfalls between October and May are up to two and a half meters, more than twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA; the daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

The town was spun off from the town of North Yarmouth in 1821 . Ephraim Sturdivant, the city's first treasurer, was chosen by the city council to give the new city its name. He chose the name of the county in which the city is located.

The Cumberland Fair , one of Maine's largest agricultural shows, has been held annually in September in Cumberland since 1868.

On July 1, 2007 Chebeague Island was spun off from the urban area of ​​Cumberlands and founded as a separate city.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Cumberland, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents				1558	1616	1656	1713	1626	1619	1487
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1404	1403	1150	1378	1491	2030	2765	4096	5284	5836
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	7159	7211

Culture and sights

Buildings

Two buildings are listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Capt. Reuel and Lucy Merrill House , recorded 1999, register no. 99000378
• Winn Road School , incorporated in 1984, register no. 84001364

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Cumberland has had a railway connection since 1848. The main route of the later Grand Trunk Railway runs along the coast through the area of ​​the town, which also had a train station on this route, but is no longer used. A second railroad was built in parallel but a little further inland in 1851 by the Portland and Kennebec Railroad . From 1871 to 1912, the main line to Bangor branched off at their station . The station is still in operation today as a freight station. The last passenger train stopped in 1960 in Cumberland, which was at last only a demand stop.

The town was opened from 1898 to 1933 by a route of the Portland tram , which led from Portland via Cumberland to Yarmouth . The Portland – Lewiston Interurban Railroad drove through West Cumberland from 1914 to 1933 .

Most of the road traffic in Cumberland is carried by Interstate 95 , which runs through West Cumberland, and Interstate 295 , which runs along the coast. Highway 1 also crosses the town on the coast . Maine State Route 88 runs through Cumberland Foreside, Route 9 through Cumberland Center, and Route 26 and Route 100 through West Cumberland .

The nearest international airport is in Portland, approximately 11 miles away.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Cumberland. The closest hospitals to Cumberland residents are in Portland, Yarmouth and Falmouth.

Cumberland has its own library. The Prince Memorial Library is located on Main Street in Cumberland Center.

education

Cumberland belongs to the Maine School Administrative District 51 with Chebeague Island and North Yarmouth .

The following schools are available in the district:

• Greely High School in Cumberland
• Greely Middle School in Cumberland
• Mabel I. Wilson School in Cumberland

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Sarah Piampiano (* 1980), triathlete and Ironman winner

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cumberland in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 8, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ^ Cumberland, Cumberland County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed March 8, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Cumberland, Maine (ME 04021) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on March 8, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ San Diego Union-Tribune, June 30, 2007
7. ↑ Population 1830–2010 according to census results
8. ^ Osmond R. Cummings: Portland Railroad. Part I ... Historical Development and Operations. (Transportation 11) National Railway Historical Society, Stratford CT, 1957. Page 40.
9. ↑ Osmond R. Cummings: Portland-Lewiston Interurban. (Transportation 10) National Railway Historical Society, Stratford CT, 1956. Page 2.
10. ↑ Home -. In: princememorial.org. Retrieved March 8, 2018 (American English). 
11. ^ MSAD # 51 District. In: msad51.org. Retrieved March 6, 2018 . 

Web links

Commons : Cumberland, Maine  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Cumberland on maine.gov
• Entry on City-Data.com