Cumberland - Definition and Overview

The word Cumberland may have a variety of possible meanings.

Places

In England:

• Cumberland, England, of the 39 traditional counties of England. In 1974, it was amalgamated with Westmorland and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire to form Cumbria. Cumberland sausages originated here. Also see Earl of Cumberland and Duke of Cumberland.

In Canada:

• Cumberland, Ontario
• Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

In the United States:

• Cumberland, Indiana
• Cumberland, Iowa
• Cumberland, Kentucky
• Cumberland, Maine
• Cumberland, Maryland
• Cumberland County, New York
• Cumberland, Ohio
• Cumberland, Rhode Island
• Cumberland, Virginia
• Cumberland, Wisconsin
• Cumberland Center, Maine
• Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
• Cumberland Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania
• Cumberland (town), Wisconsin

There is also

• Cumberland Center, Maine
• Cumberland City, Tennessee
• Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
• Cumberland Head, New York
• Cumberland Hill, Rhode Island
• Cumberland Valley Township, Pennsylvania
• New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
• New Cumberland, West Virginia

There are several places named Cumberland County.

Other geographical features

In the United States:

• Cumberland Road a historical road, also called the Great National Pike and the National Road, was the first United States federal highway
• Cumberland Falls on the Cumberland River in Kentucky
• Cumberland Bay State Park in New York
• The Cumberland Plateau and Cumberland Mountains in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee and western Virginia

In Canada:

• Cumberland Sound is an inlet of Baffin Island, Canada.
• Cumberland mine in Nova Scotia.

In Australia:

• South Cumberland Islands National Park in Queensland, Australia

Other uses

• Cumberland Blues was the name of a Grateful Dead song about working in the infamous
• Cumberland College located in Williamsburg, Kentucky or the Cumberland Gap.
• Cumberland Games and Diversions is a company dealing with adventure games.
• Cumberland University, in Lebanon, Tennessee
• Two U.S. Navy ships named USS Cumberland
• Ships in Royal Navy ship named HMS Cumberland
• Some notable persons names Richard Cumberland