Cousins Island, Maine
CDP
About Cousins Island
Cousins Island is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Maine.
Officially, Cousins Island is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.06 square miles.
📰 Cousins Island News Today
- Wyman Station power plant seeks exemption from clean air rules Maine Public · May 4
- Mildred McGann Obituary - September 19, 2012 - Cousins Island, Maine SILive.com · Jul 23
- Maine Presses Pause on Large Data Centers. Will Other States Follow Its Lead? Inside Climate News · Apr 15
- Elissa Trimble Obituary - Yarmouth, ME Dignity Memorial · Jul 8
- Cousins Island, Maine Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 20
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Cousins Island Unique
- The only place in America named Cousins Island — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southwestern Maine, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Cousins Island
- Arnold Family Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Basket Island · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Camp Soci reviews ★
- Fels-Groves Farm Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Lanes Island · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Larrabee's Landing · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Tinker Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Winslow Memorial Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaine
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.06 sq mi
Coordinates43.7668, -70.1430