Cornish is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) and the primary village in the
town of Cornish,
York County,
Maine
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, United States. It is on the northern border of York County, on the south side of the
Ossipee River
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where it joins the
Saco. To the north, across the Ossipee, is the town of
Hiram in
Oxford County, and to the east, across the Saco, is the town of
Baldwin in
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Maine State Route 25
State Route 25 (SR 25) is part of the system of numbered highways in Maine. It runs for across the south central part of the state. SR 25 begins at the New Hampshire border near Porter, where it continues west as New Hampshire Route 25 ( ...
passes through Cornish, leading southeast to
Gorham and west to
Center Ossipee, New Hampshire
Center Ossipee is a census-designated place in the town of Ossipee in Carroll County, New Hampshire. The population was 526 at the 2020 census. It is one of the two main villages in the town, the other being Ossipee Corner (shown simply as "Ossipee ...
.
State Route 5 leads south-southeast from Cornish to the city of
Saco and north-northwest to
Fryeburg.
Cornish was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
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Demographics
References
Census-designated places in York County, Maine
Census-designated places in Maine
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