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Also known as Scarborough, Maine, Scarboro, Maine, Scarboro, Scarborough, ME

town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Maine
County
Cumberland
Incorporated
July 14, 1658
Communities
Blue Point Dunstan Eight Corners Grand Beach Higgins Beach North Scarborough Oak Hill Pine Point Pleasant Hill Prouts Neck Scarborough West Scarborough
Type
Council-Manager
Total
70.63 sq mi (182.93 km )
Land
47.61 sq mi (123.31 km )
Water
23.02 sq mi (59.62 km )
Elevation
20 ft (6.1 m)
Density
465/sq mi (179.5/km )
Time zone
UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst
UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip codes
04070, 04074
Fips code
23-66145
Website
Official website

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
Scarborough
Population
22135
Area
70.63
Elevation
5
Official website
www.scarboroughmaine.org
Image
2015.12-436-031ap Sacco Bay,Gulf of Maine,Prouts Neck Peninsula,Nonsuch River Scarborough(Maine),US sat05dec2015-1226h(UTC-5(EST).jpg
Households
8462
Dialing code
207
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Commons category
Scarborough, Maine
topic's main category
Category:Scarborough, Maine
inception
1635-00-00
category of associated people
Category:People from Scarborough, Maine
per capita income
52133
postal code
04074
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Encyclopedic overview

Scarborough is a town in Cumberland County on the southern coast of the U.S. state of Maine. Located about 7 miles (11 km) south of Portland, Scarborough is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. The population was 22,135 at the 2020 census, making it the 6th most populous municipality in Maine, as well as the largest in the state to be referred to as "Town".

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scarborough” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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