Cumberland Through the Years

The town of Cumberland, Maine, seceded from the town of North Yarmouth on March 19, 1821. The new town was approximately eight miles long and three miles wide, included twenty-two square miles on the mainland and eighteen offshore islands, and had 1,386 residents. This exhibit outlines the process that led to the creation of the new town, and highlights aspects of Cumberland's history through the past two centuries.

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