City of Westbrook

Westbrook is a city in located in Cumberland County, settled in 1628 and incorporated as a town on February 14, 1814 under the name Stroudwater, which was changed in June of that year to Westbrook.

Colonel Thomas Westbrook was a commander of forced during the fourth French and Indian War. He later became a large landowner and mill operator.

In 1891 Westbrook became a city. It is the birthplace of sculptor Benjamin Paul Akers (1825-1861), and was the childhood hometown of bandleader Rudy Vallee, who popularized the Maine Stein Song. It is home to one of the few remaining drive-in movie theaters in Maine.

Now the 12th largest community in Maine by population, it was edged out of its 1990 11th position by Saco in the 2000 Census.

From Maine: An Encyclopedia (www.themaineencyclopedia.com)