White Rock, Maine

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White Rock is an unincorporated community in the town of Gorham, in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. It formerly had a school, called White Rock Elementary, until it closed in 2011 with the coming of Great Falls Elementary on Route 237. White Rock was named for a large white boulder that once stood in front of the current church.[ citation needed ] [1] [2] White Rock is home to part of the Mountain Division Trail, a partially completed rail trail with segments that follow the former Mountain Division line between Fryeburg and Portland.


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References

  1. "White Rock Free Baptist Church History". wrfbc.org. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  2. Pierce, Josiah (1862). A history of the town of Gorham, Maine. Portland [Maine]: Foster & Cushing [etc.] pp. 75–80, 84 via University of California Libraries.

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