Cumberland County: 16 Counties in Maine Series Traditional Cache
Cumberland County: 16 Counties in Maine Series
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This is a micro hide. Part of the 16 Counties in Maine Series. BYOPOP
Do you know the county song?
Maine County Song
Sing to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy
16 counties in our State, Cumberland and Franklin.
Piscataquis, Somerset, Aroostook, Androscoggin
Sagadahoc, Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox and Hancock
Waldo, Washington and York
Oxford and Penobscot!
Cumberland
SIZE: 853 square miles
INCORPORATED: 1760
COUNTY SEAT: Portland
POPULATION: 265,612
CITIES: Portland, South Portland, and Westbrook
TOWNS: Baldwin, Bridgton, Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, Casco, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, Gorham, Gray, Harpswell, Harrison, Naples, New Gloucester, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Raymond, Scarborough, Sebago, Standish, Windham, and Yarmouth.
The Tate House was built in 1755 for Captain George Tate in Portland. Great museum to visit.
Cumberland County is the most populous of the sixteen Maine counties, as well as the most affluent.
The fictional town of 'Salem's Lot, featured in the vampire novel of the same name by Stephen King, is situated in Cumberland County.
Cumberland is one of the few counties (if not the only) in the state which still requires an emissions test as part of the motor vehicle inspection. (thanks Gfy969)
Cumberland was going to be named after the fruit which is commonly used to make pickles. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough space in the register to write "Cucumberland" so it had to be shortened.
(thanks Too Tall John)
Congrats on FTF- Vidia & lexmano.
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