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Littlejohn Island (15313512398)Photo: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA · CC BY 2.0
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History · Littlejohn Island

Littlejohn Island’s post office opened in 1910

Most of Littlejohn Island was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1892 on.

1910first post office
0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA · CC BY 2.0
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How Littlejohn Island began

When was Littlejohn Island founded?

1910

The Littlejohn Island post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 116116 years
Founding year: the first Littlejohn Island post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Littlejohn Island’s 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 Littlejohn Island are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18924 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1970. Watch Littlejohn Island change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Littlejohn Island’s history is told.

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On the map

Littlejohn Island on the map, 1892 to 1970

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

Littlejohn Island on the 1892 USGS mapLittlejohn Island on the 1941 USGS mapLittlejohn Island on the 1957 USGS mapLittlejohn Island on the 1970 USGS map1892Freeport 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 Littlejohn Island.

The story so far

Littlejohn Island, in brief

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

Littlejohn Island is an island and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Yarmouth in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population of the CDP was 118 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. The island, Cousins River and Cousins Island are named after Englishman John Cousins (1596–1682), who emigrated from Marlborough, Wiltshire.

Its first post office opened in 1910. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 118 in 2010, 116 in 2020.

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

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Littlejohn Island

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

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Stephen KingAmerican novelist and writer · b. 1947
John FordAmerican film director · b. 1894
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Anna KendrickAmerican actress · b. 1985
Ellen G. WhiteAmerican author, co-founder of the Seventh-day … · b. 1827
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Elizabeth StroutAmerican novelist · b. 1956
Edwin HallAmerican physicist · b. 1855
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cousins Island1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Littlejohn Island’s history

What year was Littlejohn Island founded?

The Littlejohn Island post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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