Cumberland

Cumberland is a place name and surname that appears in the United Kingdom and the United States, used for counties, towns, and geographic features.

In the United Kingdom, Cumberland was a historic county in the northwest, with Carlisle as its county town. In 1974 it was merged into the ceremonial county of Cumbria, and the name persists in historical references and local placenames.

In the United States, Cumberland names several places. Cumberland, Maryland, is a city at the head of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on the Potomac River and a historic transportation hub for rail and road corridors. Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, is a National Seashore known for its maritime forest and wild horses. Cumberland, Rhode Island, is a town in Providence County. Several states have counties named Cumberland County, including Maine, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.

Other uses include Cumberland Road, the early 19th-century National Road that linked the eastern states with the Midwest, and Cumberland as a surname.