Grand Isle (Maine)
| Grand Isle | |||
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 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church |
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| Location in Maine | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | March 2, 1869 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 15 ′ N , 68 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 467 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 5.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 91.63 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of which 89.59 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 199 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04746 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-28590 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 00582495 | ||
| Website : | grandislemaine.com | ||
Grand Isle is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 467 inhabitants in 262 households on an area of 91.6 km². Grand Isle is right on the border with Canada .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Grand Isle has a total area of 91.63 km², of which 89.59 km² are land and 2.05 km² are water .
Geographical location
Grand Isle is in the north of Aroostook County on the border with Canada . The border is formed by the Saint John River on the southern bank of which the town is located. The name Grand Isle goes back to the larger of the two islands in the Saint John River Grand Isle , the island further west bears the name Thibodeau Island . Several smaller rivers run through the area, they all flow into the Saint John River. There are two larger lakes in the area of the town, one in the east and the other in the west. The Long Lake is located southwest of the Town. The surface of the town is rather flat, the highest point is the 325 m high Cold Mountain .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Rivière-Verte , New Brunswick , Canada , 1.8 mi
- Northeast: Saint-André , New Brunswick , Canada , 26.4 mi
- East: Van Buren , 9.2 miles
- South: Unorganized Territory Square Lake , 16.1 mi
- West: Madawaska , 8.1 mi
City structure
There are several settlement areas in the Grand Isle area: Grand Isle , Lille , Lower Grant Isle , Notre Dame , West Van Buren (former Grand Isle Post Office).
climate
The mean mean temperature in Grand Isle ranges from −13.3 ° C (8 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 16.7 ° C (62 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 10 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. At over five and a half meters, the snowfalls between October and May are almost twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA, the daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.
history
In addition to the main town of the same name, Grand Isle has two associated villages: Lille, not quite 5 km east of the main town on US Highway 1 , and Notre Dame, which is even further east. The state border with Canada runs along the St. John River, US Highway 1 and the railroad runs parallel to it on the US side through the town.
The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church is a Grade I listed building in Grand Isle. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 under number 73000100. Today the building houses the Musée Culturel du Mont-Carmel , a local museum. The former Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel , is one of the few remaining 19th century Acadian churches in northern Maine.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Grand Isle, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 545 | 688 | 847 | 964 | ||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 1104 | 1317 | 1352 | 1408 | 1574 | 1230 | 978 | 797 | 719 | 558 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 518 | 467 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
US Highway 1 runs through the town and continues south towards Van Buren and north towards Madawaska.
Public facilities
Grand Isle does not have its own library. The closest library is the Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library in Van Buren.
The closest hospitals to Grand Isle residents are in Madawaska and Van Buren.
education
Grand Isle and Madawaska belong to the Madawaska School Department .
There are several schools in the school district for school children:
- Madawaska Elementary School in Madawaska
- Madawaska Middle / High School in Madawaska
Web links
- Homepage of the municipality (English)
- Data from the 2010 census
- Grand-Isle on City-Data.com
- Grand Isle on maine.gov
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grand Isle in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 13, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Cold Mountain . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ Grand Isle, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Grand Isle, Maine (ME 04746) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on January 13, 2018 (English).
- ^ Grand Isle. Maine to Encyclopedia, accessed April 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Asset Detail. In: nps.gov. npgallery.nps.gov, accessed January 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- ^ Madawaska School Department. In: madawaskaschools.org. Retrieved January 14, 2018 .
