Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Little Falls

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Little Falls Baptist Church, Little Falls MEPhoto: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0
–Not graded
History · Little Falls

32% of Little Falls’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1891 on.

0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0

What stands out about Little Falls’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Little Falls are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18915 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1970. Watch Little Falls change.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Little Falls’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Little Falls’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Little Falls on the map, 1891 to 1970

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Little Falls. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Little Falls on the 1891 USGS mapLittle Falls on the 1916 USGS mapLittle Falls on the 1944 USGS mapLittle Falls on the 1950 USGS mapLittle Falls on the 1970 USGS map1891Portland sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Little Falls.

The story so far

Little Falls, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Little Falls yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Little Falls is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Gorham in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, Little Falls had a population of 863. Prior to 2010, Little Falls was part of the Little Falls-South Windham census-designated place. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 708 to 863 (+22%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Little Falls, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Little Falls Baptist Church2017Little Falls Baptist ChurchLittlefalls2012Littlefalls
Famous people

Famous people close to Little Falls

Nobody well known was born in Little Falls itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
S
Stephen KingAmerican novelist and writer · b. 1947
Anna KendrickAmerican actress · b. 1985
Ellen G. WhiteAmerican author, co-founder of the Seventh-day … · b. 1827
E
Elizabeth StroutAmerican novelist · b. 1956
Edwin HallAmerican physicist · b. 1855
A
Andrea MartinAmerican actress · b. 1947
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Gorham9 historic placesAWindham5 historic placesB−South Windham1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Little Falls’ history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.