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Rumford Map of the U.S. state of Maine showing major cities, county seats, and state boundaries. The map highlights Maine's borders with New Hampshire, Quebec, and New Brunswick, and marks the Atlantic Ocean coastline. A small locator map in the corner shows Maine's position in the northeastern United States.
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Rumford The Androscoggin River at Rumford, Maine.

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Maine, United States
Also known as: New Penacook Plantation
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Rumford, town, Oxford county, western Maine, U.S., in the Oxford Hills where the Ellis, Swift, and Concord rivers enter the Androscoggin River to form spectacular Pennacook Falls, 75 miles (121 km) north-northwest of Portland. The town includes the communities of Rumford, Rumford Center, and Rumford Point. Settled in the 1770s, it was chartered in 1800 as New Penacook Plantation and was renamed for Count von Rumford (Sir Benjamin Thompson), one of the proprietors. It was...

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