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Welcome to Douglas Hill ...

Douglas Hill is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Douglas Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Douglas Hill is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Douglas Hill lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Douglas Hill: 207

Communities near Douglas Hill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Douglas Hill.

  • Windham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Windham is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,915 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windham <3>
  • Gorham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Gorham is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,962 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <3>
  • Standish
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Buxton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Buxton is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
  • Gray
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Gray is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,297 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <3>
  • Poland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Poland is located in Androscoggin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,683 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland <3>
  • Bridgton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hollis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Hollis is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,807 people
  • Raymond
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Naples
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Naples is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,997 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Douglas Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Douglas Hill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Douglas Hill. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Douglas Hill.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Douglas Hill. See our Newspapers Page for Douglas Hill.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Douglas Hill ...

Looking for more information about Douglas Hill? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Douglas Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Douglas Hill.

Adding Douglas Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Douglas Hill in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Douglas Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Douglas Hill post office opened in 1902. The Douglas Hill post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Douglas Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Douglas Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/