THE CHEBEAGUE ISLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Midcoast setting.
Chebeague Island town has 3.58 square miles of land in Cumberland County. Its Census boundary intersects Midcoast, within Acadian Plains and Hills.
Forested plains and hills contain numerous glacial lakes. Spruce-fir lowlands and hardwood-covered hills create a northern landscape that is generally gentler than the highlands to the west.
Regional context: Acadian Plains and Hills ↗ · Classification from the Census boundary intersection
The Census reference point falls outside the regional layer’s mapped footprint. This classification uses the actual place-boundary intersection, with Midcoast representing its largest mapped overlap. Shorelines and dataset boundaries can differ.
Chebeague Island and Cumberland County
Chebeague Island is associated with Cumberland County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Chebeague Island by land and water
The Census records 21 square miles of water within Chebeague Island, or 85.4% of its total area. It is 54.1 percentage points higher than the 31.3% recorded for Cumberland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chebeague Island town has 10.5 times the land area of nearby Littlejohn Island CDP (0.34 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.