Rumford Falls

Rumford Falls is a waterfall in Oxford County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine. Rumford Falls is situated nearby to the neighborhood Virginia, as well as near Smith Crossing.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rumford Public Library and Mountain Valley High School.

Rumford Public Library

Library

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The Rumford Public Library is a library in Rumford, Maine. The building it is in was designed by Maine architect John Calvin Stevens and was built with a funding grant from Andrew Carnegie in 1903.

Mountain Valley High School is a public high school in Rumford, Maine, United States, serving the towns of Rumford and nearby Mexico. It was formed in 1989 as a result of the merger of the town's two previous high schools. Mountain Valley High School is situated 2 miles northwest of Rumford Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rumford and Mexico.

Rumford

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Rumford is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,858 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Rumford is home to both ND Paper Inc's Rumford Mill and the Black Mountain of Maine ski resort.

Mexico

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Mexico, near Rumford, is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Mexico is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area.

Peru

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Peru is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Peru is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 1,488 at the 2020 census.

Rumford Falls

Type: Waterfall
Also known as: “New Pennacook Falls”, “Penacuk”, “Pennecoo”, “Pennecook Falls”, and “Pennycook Falls”
Category: body of water
Location: Oxford County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.53894° or 44° 32′ 20″ north

Longitude

-70.5437° or 70° 32′ 37″ west

Elevation

522 feet (159 metres)

Open location code

87PFGFQ4+HG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6737377941

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

GeoNames ID

4977130

Wikidata ID

Q12333942

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In Other Languages

“Rumford Falls” goes by many names.

Danish: “Rumford Falls”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Virginia and Smith Crossing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rumford Falls Hydro Facility and Androscoggin River Reservoir.

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