Gorham
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gorham, Maine, Town of Gorham, Gorham Township, Gorhamtown, Narragansett Number Seven, Gorham, ME
town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- County
- Cumberland
- Incorporated
- October 30, 1764
- Villages
- Gorham Babb Corner Dog Corner Gag Corner Little Falls Mosher Corner North Gorham South Gorham West Gorham White Rock
- Total
- 51.29 sq mi (132.84 km )
- Land
- 50.62 sq mi (131.11 km )
- Water
- 0.67 sq mi (1.74 km )
- Elevation
- 203 ft (62 m)
- Density
- 362/sq mi (139.9/km )
- Demonym
- Gorhamite
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip code
- 04038
- Fips code
- 23-28240
- Website
- www .gorhammaine .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Gorham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,336 at the 2020 United States census. In addition to its urban village center known as Gorham Village or simply "the Village," the town encompasses a number of smaller, unincorporated villages and hamlets with distinct historical identities, including South Gorham, West Gorham, Little Falls, White Rock, and North Gorham. Gorham is home to one of the three campuses of the University of Southern Maine. In 2013, Gorham was voted second-best town in Maine after Hampden by a financial website.
Gorham is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gorham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.