Cumberland
Cumberland has served as an agricultural town in southern Maine since the early 19th century. Its open fields, wooded neighborhoods and busy road corridors lie inland from Casco Bay, between Portland and the smaller communities of Cumberland County. Farming remains part of the town’s identity, from working land to the Cumberland Fairgrounds, home of the annual Cumberland Fair. The fair brings livestock exhibitions, farm competitions and local food traditions to a town better known for its spread-out settlement pattern than for a compact downtown. Cumberland’s location also places it within the orbit of Portland while retaining a distinctly rural Maine character.
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Tucked between Casco Bay and the wooded interior of southern Maine, Cumberland is a place whose character is shaped by low rolling terrain and a shoreline that reaches the bay at Cumberland Foreside. The town is part of the Portland metropolitan area, yet its center retains a rural pattern of farms, woodland and residential lanes. Cumberland Fair, held each autumn by the Cumberland Farmers’ Club since 1868, brings agricultural competitions, livestock and fairground traditions to town. Its tidal coast connects Cumberland with the island-dotted waters that define much of Maine’s southern shoreline. Move on to other webcams in the region to compare coastal and inland settings around Casco Bay and southern Maine.
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