THE SCARBOROUGH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland setting.
Scarborough town has 47.7 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
Scarborough and Cumberland County
Scarborough 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.
Scarborough by land and water
The Census records 22.9 square miles of water within Scarborough, or 32.4% of its total area. It is 1.1 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, Scarborough town has 8.5 times the land area of nearby Oak Hill CDP (5.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

