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

In 1752, the land was surveyed and divided into 30-acre (120,000 m2) lots, although some soldiers sold their rights for whatever they could get.

In response, the veterans built at Standish Corner a stockaded fort, which provided protection until Indian hostilities ceased in 1759 with the Fall of Quebec.

[5] Much of Standish is sandy plains covered with pine, yet farmers found considerable arable land.

Watermills at various streams produced lumber, headings, shooks, barrel staves, carriages, clothing, flour, ice, plaster and packing boxes.

The Cumberland and Oxford Canal opened in 1832, increasing trade between Sebago Lake and Portland.

[6] Tourists could arrive by train in the morning, ride a side-wheel steamboat the whole length of the lakes, then return to the city by evening.

In 1998, Frye Island in Sebago Lake was set off and incorporated as a separate town.

[1] Situated beside Sebago Lake, Standish is drained by Sebago Lake and the Presumpscot River, which is the town's eastern border, and by the Saco River, which is the town's (and Cumberland County's) southwestern border.

The eastern portion of Standish is part of the Presumpscot River watershed.

It is bordered by the towns of Windham and Gorham to the southeast, Buxton and Hollis to the south, Limington to the west, and Baldwin and Sebago to the northwest.