Scarborough

Town in southwestern Maine, a residential suburb of Portland and Biddeford-Saco, at the mouth of the Nonesuch River, on the Atlantic coast, about 13 km/8 mi south of Portland; population (1990) 12,500. The Snow seafood canning company and Scarborough Downs Race Track are leading industries; others include market gardening, tourism, and the manufacture of shoes and potato crisps.

The town incorporates several villages, including Prout's Neck. The estuary at the Nonesuch River's mouth is called the Scarborough River.