Cornish, Maine

Cornish, Maine
Town
Downtown Cornish
Nickname(s): The Crown of York County
Motto: "Come & Explore Your Next Cherished Memory"
Cornish
Coordinates: 43°48′17″N 70°48′04″W / 43.80472°N 70.80111°W / 43.80472; -70.80111
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	York
Incorporated	1794
Government
• Mayor	Andrew Boston
• Board of Selectmen	Andrew Boston Margaret Aspinall John Palmer Vinal Pendexter
Area
• Total	22.38 sq mi (57.96 km2)
• Land	22.18 sq mi (57.45 km2)
• Water	0.20 sq mi (0.52 km2)
Elevation	351 ft (107 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,403
• Estimate (2012)	1,415
• Density	63.3/sq mi (24.4/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	04020
Area code(s)	207
FIPS code	23-14485
GNIS feature ID	0582421
Website	www.cornishme.com

Cornish is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,403 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. Cornish has a number of antique shops near historic Thompson Park.

In 1665, a trading post was established by Francis Small in the vicinity of Cornish village, not far from the confluence of the Ossipee River with the Saco River. Here converged three major Abenaki Indian paths—the Sokokis Trail (Route 5), the Ossipee Trail (Route 25) and the Pequawket Trail (Route 113), making it a central location for conducting with Native Americans the lucrative fur trade. In 1668, Small purchased from Newichawannock Chief Captain Sunday (or Wesumbe) the Ossipee Tract, encompassing the present-day towns of Cornish, Parsonsfield, Newfield, Limerick, Limington and Shapleigh (which then included Acton). The price was two large Indian blankets, two gallons of rum, two pounds of gunpowder, four pounds of musket balls and twenty strings of Indian beads. Small then sold a half interest in the tract to Major Nicholas Shapleigh of Eliot.