Pownal is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.

Pownal was included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area.

Pownal is home to Bradbury Mountain State Park.

The town was set off and incorporated by the Massachusetts General Court on March 3, 1808, named in honor of former Governor Thomas Pownall, who had died three years before.

[4] With an undulating surface of generally productive soil, agriculture became the principal occupation.

[3] Pownal was chosen by author Stephen King as the hometown of schoolteacher Johnny Smith, protagonist of his 1979 novel The Dead Zone, and of Ray Garraty, protagonist of his 1979 novel The Long Walk.

20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

15.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.