THE FALMOUTH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland setting.
Falmouth town has 29.4 square miles of land in Cumberland County. Its Census reference point is in Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Falmouth and Cumberland County
Falmouth 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.
Falmouth by land and water
The Census records 6.94 square miles of water within Falmouth, or 19.1% of its total area. It is 12.2 percentage points lower 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, Falmouth town has 12.2 times the land area of nearby Falmouth CDP (2.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

