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Cumberland, Cumberland, ME
is a town in Cumberland County, incorporated on April 2, 1822 from a portion of North Yarmouth.
The town stretches inland from West Cumberland bordering Windham, to Cumberland Foreside on Casco Bay.
It is the birth place in 1797 of Shaker Elder Joseph Brackett, Jr., who wrote the Shaker song, "Simple Gifts." In 1880 its population numbered 1,619.
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- 1854 - Cumberland
Cumberland, a post-township of Cumber land county, Maine, on the Kennebeo and Portland railroad, 65 miles S. W. by S. from Augusta. Population, 1656.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1886 - Cumberland
Cumberland occupies the middle point in the shore line of Cumberland County. Its greatest length is from north-west to southeast, and is about three...Read MORE... - 1895 - Cumberland
Cumberland, a post-village of Cumberland co, Me, on the sea-coast, 9 miles by rail N. by E. from Portland. It has 5 churches. The township borders on ...Read MORE... 
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Cumberland, a post-township (town) of Cumberland co., Me., on the sea-coast, 9 miles N. by E. of Portland. It borders on Casco Bay and is intersected ...Read MORE...
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1854 - Cumberland
Cumberland, a post-township of Cumber land county, Maine, on the Kennebeo and Portland railroad, 65 miles S. W. by S. from Augusta. Population, 1656.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1886 - Cumberland
Cumberland occupies the middle point in the shore line of Cumberland County. Its greatest length is from north-west to southeast, and is about three... Read MORE...
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1895 - Cumberland
Cumberland, a post-village of Cumberland co, Me, on the sea-coast, 9 miles by rail N. by E. from Portland. It has 5 churches. The township borders on ... Read MORE...
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1916
Cumberland, a post-township (town) of Cumberland co., Me., on the sea-coast, 9 miles N. by E. of Portland. It borders on Casco Bay and is intersected ... Read MORE...
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