Cousins Island, ME is a small community located near Portland, Maine. It is primarily a residential area with a few businesses, and it has a rich history of religious congregations. The churches in the area date back to the 1800s and vary from Catholic to Protestant denominations. Most notably, the parish of St. James Church was founded in 1812. Its congregation still meets regularly for worship and its members are actively involved in their local community. Other churches in the area include Congregational, Methodist, Baptist, Pentecostal, Lutheran, and Episcopal denominations. Together these churches provide spiritual guidance to residents of Cousins Island and serve as gathering places for members of different faith backgrounds.
28.7% of the people in Cousins Island are religious:
- 1.0% are Baptist
- 1.7% are Episcopalian
- 13.8% are Catholic
- 0.7% are Lutheran
- 1.7% are Methodist
- 0.8% are Pentecostal
- 3.4% are Presbyterian
- 0.7% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 3.0% are another Christian faith
- 0.7% are Judaism
- 0.4% are an eastern faith
- 0.3% affilitates with Islam
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