Location Map for Cambridge
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 96 |
| 1980 | 445 |
| 1990 | 490 |
| 2000 | 492 |
| 2010 | 462 |
Population Trend 1840-2010
| Geographic Data | |
|---|---|
| N. Latitude | 45:01:53 |
| W. Longitude | 69:27:00 |
| Maine House | District 105 |
| Maine Senate | District 4 |
| Congress | District 2 |
| Area sq. mi. | (total) 19.4 |
| Area sq. mi. | (land) 19.4 |
| Population/sq.mi. | (land) 23.8 |
| County: Somerset
Total=land+water; Land=land only |
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(All photos dated 2003)
[CAME-brij] a town in Somerset County, incorporated on February 8, 1834 on land set off from the town of Ripley. The town added land from Wellington in 1885 to form the current boundaries.
Sebasticook River
Named for Cambridge, England, the town is divided from neighboring Ripley by Main Stream, a tributary of the Sebasticook River. In the photo, Cambridge is on the left; Ripley, on the right.
Settled in 1804 when it was still part of the unorganized township T5 R5 NWP, the village was severely damaged by fire in 1825. Several stores and mills followed as it recovered.
Cambridge Village
Grange Hall in the Village
Author, Merle Chadbourne was born in 1891 in Somerset County’s small town of Cambridge. His fiction exploited local rural life, stretching the tales told around a campfire or about a run-in with a wild beast.
The nearby towns of Harmony (where he lived and died), Athens, Wellington and Pleasant Ridge Plantation were fodder for his pen.
Merle Chadbourne, was an author with a gift for humor and for the Maine dialect. His Timberland Tall Tales specializes in the well honed practice of lying to the gullible, the skeptical, and those who love a well told tale.
The nearby towns of Harmony (where he lived and died), Athens, Wellington and Pleasant Ridge Plantation were fodder for his pen.
Chadbourne was born in 1891 in Somerset County’s small town of Cambridge. His fiction exploited local rural life, stretching the tales told around a campfire or about a run-in with a wild beast.
The nearby towns of Harmony (where he lived and died), Athens, Wellington and Pleasant Ridge Plantation were fodder for his pen.
This small community is served by Maine Routes 150 and 152 and surrounds the eastern end of Cambridge Pond.
Chadbourne was born in 1891 in Somerset County’s small town of Cambridge. His fiction exploited local rural life, stretching the tales told around a campfire or about a run-in with a wild beast.
Short Stories from Timberland Tall Tales (Book)
An Evening at Lost Pond [Pleasant Ridge]
Why the People Live on the Edge of Wellington Township [Wellington]
Helen Blazes Gets Kicked out of Wellington
Helen Returns to Wellington
Burnt Land Horned Pout
Action and Plenty of It
Helen to the Rescue
Bull Rings and Mosquito Cutlets
West Athens Abe
Uncle Elick and Uncle Bob on The Warpath
Along the Pond Near the Village
Along the Pond Near the Village
1956 Vintage School, now the Town Office
Veterans Memorial in Village
Form of Government: Town Meeting-Select Board-Administrative Assistant.
Additional resources
Fish, John L. Cambridge Maine History. 1927 May 21. (Cataloger Note: Newspaper article from the Lewiston Evening Journal.)
Ring, Jason H. Diary, 1873. Jan 1-Dec. 24. (Cataloger Note: Jason H. Ring was born Oct. 19, 1854 and lived in Cambridge, Maine. He taught school. A diary of a teacher in Cambridge, Maine. Included in the diary is practical advice for teachers.
Spizuoco, Frank E. Around Ripley. Charleston, SC Arcadia. c2003.