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

 Shire Town

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

Map of Cumberland County, 1771

Map of Cumberland County, 1880

Map of Cumberland County, 1885

Cumberland County, Maine (1894)

 Cemeteries

Maine Old Cemetery Association: Cumberland County Cemetery Listing

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 and Mailing Lists

Maine Genealogy Network Forum: Cumberland County

Ancestry.com Message Board: Cumberland County

GenForum: Cumberland County

RootsWeb Mailing List: Cumberland County

 Newspapers

Historic American Newspapers Directory: Cumberland County

 Probate Records

Cumberland County Probate Court

Maine Probate Search

 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., Atlas of Cumberland Co., Maine [Ancestry.com] (New York, N.Y.: F.W. Beers, 1871)

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)