Do you know of East Baldwin ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about East Baldwin. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with East Baldwin.<1>

Our sources for East Baldwin (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of East Baldwin other than they indicate that East Baldwin would be found somewhere in Cumberland County, Maine.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1828.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for East Baldwin ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about East Baldwin:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for East Baldwin - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Maine (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for East Baldwin.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 23/19525   (Place Name: East Baldwin (RR name Mattocks))

County: Cumberland     (FIPS State/County: 23/005)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, East Baldwin) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Cumberland County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Cumberland County.