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North Yarmouth, officially the Town of North Yarmouth, is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. North Yarmouth is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 4,072 at the 2020 United States Census. [2]
Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, twelve miles north of the state's largest city, Portland. When originally settled in 1636, as North Yarmouth , it was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony , and remained part of its subsequent incarnations for 213 years.
Yarmouth: Town Cumberland 8,990 13.3 34 1849 Old Orchard Beach: Town York ... North Yarmouth: Town Cumberland 4,072 21.2 55 1680 Fort Kent: Town Aroostook 4,067
Yarmouth's marina in 2022, looking south. Also known as Falls Village or The Falls, Lower Falls (named for the nearby First Falls) was the location of several mills from the 17th century onward, while—on the southern side of today's East Main Street Bridge—was Yarmouth's harbor, where many hundreds of ships were built and launched in the century between 1790 and 1890.
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North Yarmouth held its first town meeting on May 14, 1733. [5] In August 1746, a party of thirty-two Indians secreted themselves near the Lower Falls for the apparent purpose of surprising Weare's garrison, in the process killing 35-year-old Philip Greely, whose barking dog blew their cover. [5]
SOUTH YARMOUTH — Two more roundabouts may be coming in heavily-travelled areas of Yarmouth. The town of Yarmouth and the Cape Cod Commission presented recommendations Wednesday night for ...
When the town split occurred, the office name was changed in 1852 to Yarmouth from North Yarmouth. Reuben Cutter resumed the role, and was followed by Otis Briggs Pratt in 1861 and Nicholas Drinkwater in 1866. Lucy V. Groves was appointed in 1868, becoming the first woman named or elected to an official position in the town of Yarmouth.