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Westbrook is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, and a suburb of Portland, with a population of 20,400 at the 2020 census and 8,798 households.

Westbrook was the fastest-growing city in Maine between 2010 and 2020, growing 16.6 percent from 17,494 to 20,400 residents.

Originally known as Saccarappa after Saccarappa Falls on the Presumpscot River, the community was set off from Falmouth and incorporated on February 14, 1814, as Stroudwater, soon renamed Westbrook after Colonel Thomas Westbrook, a commander in Father Rale's War and a King's mast agent.

Westbrook was incorporated as a city in 1891, after the town split in 1871 into present-day Westbrook and Deering, which was later annexed by Portland in 1898.

Saccarappa Falls and Congin Falls on the Presumpscot River powered early mills, and a paper mill built at Cumberland Mills became the S.D. Warren Paper Mill in 1867.

The Cumberland and Oxford Canal opened in 1832, connecting Portland to Harrison by way of Westbrook and Sebago Lake, and was the primary commercial shipping route for goods until the railroad made it obsolete in 1871.

IDEXX Laboratories, a major multinational corporation, is headquartered in Westbrook, and the city is also home to Sappi's Westbrook Paper Mill and research and development center.

In January 2019, a naturally occurring ice disk about 100 yards across formed on the Presumpscot River in Westbrook and drew international press attention.

Westbrook's public schools are part of the Westbrook School Department and include Westbrook High School, Westbrook Middle School, and the Congin, Canal, and Saccarappa elementary schools.

The Walker Memorial Library serves the city, and Riverbank Park along the Presumpscot River holds a Civil War memorial.