THE POWNAL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland setting.
Pownal town has 22.9 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
Pownal and Cumberland County
Pownal 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.
Pownal by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Pownal, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 31.2 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, Pownal town has 59.7% of the land area of nearby Durham town (38.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

