Cumberland County, Maine
Incorporated · Boundary Changes · County Seat · Cities · Towns · Adjacent Counties · Maps · Cemeteries · Court Records · Land Records · Message Boards · Naturalization Records · Newspapers · Probate Records · General Resources · Bibliography
Incorporated
1760 from part of York County
Boundary Changes
Part was set off to form Kennebec County in 1799, Oxford County in 1805, and Androscoggin County in 1854
Otisfield was set off to Oxford County in 1978
County Seat
Portland (formerly Falmouth), since 1760
Cities
Portland, South Portland, Westbrook
Towns
Baldwin, Bridgton, Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, Casco, Chebeague Island, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, Frye Island, Gorham, Gray, Harpswell, Harrison, Long Island, Naples, New Gloucester, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Raymond, Scarborough, Sebago, Standish, Windham, Yarmouth
Adjacent Counties
Androscoggin County, Oxford County, Sagadahoc County, York County
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Cumberland County
Cemeteries
The Tombstone Transcription Project: Cumberland County, Maine
Interment.net: Cemeteries of Cumberland County, Maine
Find A Grave: Cumberland County
Court Records
Fornication Charges in Cumberland County, 1759-1792
Land Records
Cumberland County Registry of Deeds
Maine Real Property Official Records Search
Message Boards
Ancestry.com Message Board: Cumberland County
Naturalization Records
Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990
Maine, United States Naturalization Records, 1918-1991
Newspapers
Historic American Newspapers Directory: Cumberland County
Probate Records
Cumberland County Probate Court
Maine County Probate Records, 1760-1979
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Cumberland, Maine
Official Website: Cumberland County
Linkpendium: Cumberland County
Cumberland County MEGenWeb Project
MEGenWeb Archives: Cumberland County
Bibliography
______, Biographical review: this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Cumberland County, Maine (Boston, Mass.: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1896)
Beers, Frederick W.,
Clayton, W. W., History of Cumberland Co., Maine: with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers (Philadelphia, Pa.: Everts & Peck, 1880)
Frost, John Eldridge , comp., Maine Probate Abstracts (Camden, Me. : Picton Press, 1991)
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