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Lower Village

Ghost town · Cumberland County, Maine

Freeport quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1892, 1:62,500)
Freeport quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1892, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lower Village is a ghost town in Cumberland County, Maine. It is one of 13 former communities in Cumberland County on the federal names register. No county in Maine has more among the 10 Maine counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lower Village as a historical populated place on the Yarmouth topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 43.7929° N, 70.1773° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleYarmouth
Elevation81 ft
Nearest living townYarmouth, ME
Distance to it0.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1912677
Coordinates43.79286, -70.17727

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What's there now

Lower Village is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Yarmouth, ME (population 6,293), about 0.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 81 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Lower Village?

Lower Village is in Cumberland County, Maine, at 43.7929, -70.1773.

How many ghost towns are in Cumberland County?

Cumberland County, Maine has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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