Raymond, Maine

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

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

Raymond Neck is the landing for the ferry to the town of Frye Island in Sebago Lake.

It was the second attempt to repay the troop (or heirs) for service under Governor Sir William Phipps during the Battle of Quebec in 1690.

A township had been awarded them in 1735 called Beverly-Canada (now Weare, New Hampshire), but in 1741 descendants of John Mason proved a prior claim.

It was first settled in 1770 by Captain Joseph Dingley and Dominicus Jordan of Cape Elizabeth, although most families arrived after the Revolutionary War.

[4] The town provided agriculture and lumber products for Portland and other cities.

[5] Automobile tourists discovered Raymond after designation of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway in 1919 (identified as United States Route 302 since 1935).

[1] Raymond village is located at the head of Jordan Bay on Sebago Lake.

It is bordered by Gray and Windham to the southeast, Casco to the northwest, and New Gloucester and Poland to the northeast.

Cumberland County map