South Windham, Maine
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|map_caption = Location in Cumberland County and the state of Maine.
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Maine
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|subdivision_name2 = Cumberland
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|subdivision_name3 = Windham
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|area_total_km2 = 3.27
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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.26
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|area_water_sq_mi = 0.07
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 1215
|population_density_km2 = 392.87
|population_density_sq_mi = 1017.59
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|postal_code = 04062 (Windham)
|area_code = 207
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|blank_info = 23-72900
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South Windham is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Windham in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,374 at the 2010 census.{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): South Windham CDP, Maine| publisher=United States Census Bureau| access-date=June 13, 2012}} Prior to 2010, South Windham was part of the Little Falls-South Windham census-designated place.
It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
South Windham is located at {{coord|43|44|10|N|70|25|19|W|type:city}}, along the Presumpscot River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|3.3|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|3.1|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|km2|disp=flip}}, or 5.31%, is water.{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): South Windham CDP, Maine| publisher=United States Census Bureau| access-date=June 13, 2012}}
The CDP of Little Falls is located directly across the Presumpscot River, in the town of Gorham. U.S. Route 202 and Maine State Route 4 run north-south in a concurrency through both communities.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 1215
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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History
The Presumpscot River was an early transportation corridor to interior Maine; and provided reliable water power at Little Falls. Major William Knight was operating a sawmill at the falls in 1756. As the local forests were cleared, the sawmill was replaced by William Johnson's grist mill and a wool carding mill operated by Leonard Bacon and Lathrop Crockett. Locks were constructed around the falls to complete the Cumberland and Oxford Canal in 1832.Ward, Ernest E. My First Sixty Years in Harrison, Maine Cardinal Printing 1967 p.7 The canal fell into disuse after the Portland and Ogdensburg Railway was completed through South Windham in 1875.[https://books.google.com/books?id=S7z9lRwlyX8C&dq=Portland%20Ogdensburg%20Railroad%20Crawford%20Notch%20August%207%2C%201875&pg=PT78 Bruce D. Heald, A History of the Boston & Maine Railroad: Exploring New Hampshire's Rugged Heart by Rail; The History Press; Charleston, South Carolina 2007] Maine Central Railroad leased the railway as their Mountain Division in 1888.{{cite book| title=Maine Central Railroad Company |author=Peters, Bradley L. |publisher=Maine Central Railroad |year=1976 }} Availability of year-round transportation encouraged C.A. Brown and Company to build a large brick wood-paper board factory at South Windham in 1875. Androscoggin Pulp Company purchased the factory, and the industrial village of South Windham developed around the pulp mill.Barnes, Diane and Jack. The Sebago Lake Area (1996). Arcadia Publishing, {{ISBN|978-0-7385-4943-9}}, p.13 On April 4, 1919, the legislature passed an act creating the Reformatory for Men at South Windham. It is now the Maine Correctional Center, a minimum to medium security facility for men and women.
Notable person
- Jeff Donnell, actress (The Iron Maiden, The Amazing Spider-Man, and General Hospital); born in South Windham
References
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Category:Census-designated places in Maine