Cumberland County, Maine, in the 1820 Census

 Cumberland County, Maine in the 1820 Census.

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If you don't see a town you expect to see in the list of towns below, check to see if the town was incorporated later than 1820 and was known then by another name; or if the town changed its name after incorporation; or if it's now located in another County.

Note: until the 1850 Census, enumerators listed names of heads of households only.

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• Baldwin
• Bridgton
• Brunswick
• Cape between Raymond and Standish
• Cape Elizabeth - then included what is now South Portland
• Danville - as of 1854 in Androscoggin County; now part of Auburn
• Durham - now in Androscoggin County
• Falmouth
• Freeport
• Gorham
• Gray 
• Harpswell
• Harrison
• Minot - as of 1854 in Androscoggin County (in 1820 included what is now Auburn and Mechanic Falls
• New Gloucester
• North Yarmouth - then included Yarmouth, Maine, and Cumberland, Maine
• Otisfield - as of 1978 in Oxford County
• Poland - as of 1854 in Androscoggin County
• Portland
• Pownal
• Raymond
• Scarborough
• Standish
• Thompson Pond Plantation - part now in Otisfield in Oxford County and Poland in Androscoggin County
• Westbrook
• Windham

Cumberland County in 1820; Southwest, in blue

Below, Cumberland County, Maine, Today