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Cornish is a census-designated place (CDP) and the primary village in the town of Cornish, York County, Maine, and it was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

The CDP had a population of 764 at the 2020 census, while the surrounding town of Cornish had 1,508 residents at the same census.

The CDP covers 3.11 square miles, of which 3.04 square miles is land, and it sits at an elevation of 446 feet.

Cornish lies on the northern border of York County, on the south side of the Ossipee River where it joins the Saco River, with Hiram in Oxford County across the Ossipee to the north and Baldwin in Cumberland County across the Saco to the east.

Maine State Route 25 passes through Cornish, leading southeast 21 miles to Gorham and west 20 miles to Center Ossipee, New Hampshire, while State Route 5 leads south-southeast 34 miles to Saco and north-northwest 20 miles to Fryeburg.

In 1665, Francis Small established a trading post near the site of Cornish village, not far from the confluence of the Ossipee and Saco rivers, where three Abenaki trails converged, and in 1668 he purchased the Ossipee Tract from Newichawannock Chief Captain Sunday.

The village was first called Francisborough, then Francistown, after its original proprietor Francis Small, and it was settled by Joseph Thompson in 1782 before being incorporated on February 27, 1794, as Cornish, presumably named for the county of Cornwall, England.

The village has a number of antique shops and restaurants near historic Thompson Park, and the town of Cornish is home to the first concrete bridge in North America.

Cornish is nicknamed "The Crown of York County" and is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.

Students in Cornish attend Sacopee Valley Elementary School, Sacopee Valley Middle School, and Sacopee Valley High School, and the village uses ZIP code 04020.