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Welcome to West Falmouth ...

So far, we found very little information about West Falmouth. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added West Falmouth to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with West Falmouth, please Contact Us.

West Falmouth would have been located within present day Cumberland County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Falmouth, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

A typical abbreviation for West Falmouth: W. Falmouth

While the community is gone, the present day location for West Falmouth is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where West Falmouth was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where West Falmouth was located: 207

Communities Also Named West Falmouth ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named West Falmouth - it's located in Massachusetts.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Falmouth.

Communities near West Falmouth ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Falmouth.

  • Portland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • South Portland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Scarborough
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Biddeford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Saco
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Saco is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,121 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saco <4>
  • Westbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Windham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 <4>
  • Gorham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • 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 <4>
  • Falmouth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Standish
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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 West Falmouth. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Falmouth.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Falmouth. 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 West Falmouth.

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

Adding West Falmouth to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Falmouth 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 West Falmouth was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the West Falmouth post office opened in 1840. The West Falmouth post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Falmouth.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about West Falmouth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Falmouth - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/