Town of Cape Elizabeth, Maine

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The Town of Cape Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County.

Cape Elizabeth is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Cape Elizabeth lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Cape Elizabeth, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, the Town of Cape Elizabeth had a population of 9,068 people^<2> (or 3.41% of the total population of Cumberland County). The population of Cape Elizabeth represented 0.71% of the total of Maine, making it the state's 27th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Cape Elizabeth had a population of 8,793 people. This is a decrease of 3.03% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Cape Elizabeth.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Biddeford	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	21,435	2.35% increase
	Falmouth	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	10,724	4.02% increase
	Gorham	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	15,563	10.06% increase
	Old Orchard Beach	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	9,395	6.09% increase
	Portland	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	62,561	2.63% decrease
	Saco	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	18,125	7.75% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Cape Elizabeth.

The Commemorative Quarter for Maine<4>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Cape Elizabeth. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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