Gorham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 17,958 in a 2019 US Census estimate. In addition to its urban village center known as Gorham Village or simply "the Village," the town encompasses a number of smaller, unincorporated villages and hamlets with distinct historical identities, including South Gorham, West Gorham, Little Falls, White Rock, and North Gorham. Gorham is home to one of the three campuses of the University of Southern Maine. In 2013, Gorham was voted second best town in Maine after Hampden by a financial website.
Gorham is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.
Initially named Narragansett Number 7, the village was renamed Gorhamtown Plantation in honor of the famous New England Ranger John Gorham I, the great grandfather of John Gorham 4th.

 The town was incorporated on February 23, 1804 as Gorham.
Gorham is home to the University of Southern Maine's Gorham campus and its well-known School of Business Administration. The university also operates a regional center in nearby Westbrook called the Portland Regional Learning Center (PRLC). It has an enrollment over 1,000 students and offers undergraduate degrees in business administration, education and nursing. The PRLC is located at One Westbrook Corporate Center off I-95 Exit 53A/B just north of Portland International Jetport Airport.

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