Abbot (Maine)

Abbot
Abbot Location in Maine
Basic data
Foundation :	January 13, 1827
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Piscataquis County
Coordinates :	45 ° 12 ′  N , 69 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 12 ′  N , 69 ° 30 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	714 (as of 2010)
Population density :	8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	92.46 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 89.43 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	214 m
Postal code :	04406
FIPS :	23-00100
GNIS ID :	0582314

Abbot is a town in Piscataquis County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there lived 714 inhabitants in 572 households on an area of ​​92.46 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau Abbot has a total area of ​​92.46 km², of which 89.43 km² are land and 3.03 km² are water .

Geographical location

Abbot is located in the south of Piscataquis County on the Piscataquis River , which flows south through the town. In the vicinity of Villages Abbot, the Kingsbury Stream flows into the Piscataquis River from the west. The largest lake in the Abbot area is Pieper Ponds . The surface is slightly hilly and the highest point is the centrally located, 305 m high Brown Hill .

Neighboring communities

All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• North: Monson , 7.2 mi
• Northeast: Willimantic , 9.4 mi
• East: Guilford , 7.5 miles
• South: Parkman , 6.8 mi
• West: Kingsbury , 5.8 miles
• Northwest: Blanchard , Unorganized Territory, 8.4 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Abbot : Abbot Village , Cole Corner , Howard , Monson Junction , Moosehorn and Upper Abbot .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Abbot ranges from −11.1 ° C (12 ° F ) in January to 19.4 ° C (67 ° F) in July. This means that the place is around 9 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. The snowfalls between October and May are up to two and a half meters, more than 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

Abbot was organized as a town on January 13, 1827. The area was previously known as Township No. 7, Seventh Range North of Waldo Patent (T7 R7 NWP) or known as the westernmost of the Bowdoin College townships , or Moorestown . It was named after the Treasurer of Bowdoin College, John Abbott. Over the years the second “t” in the name was lost.

Abraham Moore was the first settler to settle in the area in 1805. He brought his family to join him in 1807. At the time the area was called Moorestown; around 1810 it had 45 inhabitants. Moore built a sawmill on the Piscataquis. A one-room school, the Washington School, named after Martha Washington , was used as a school until the 1950s, when it has served as the town's meeting place and polling station.

The town's economy was boosted when Abbot was connected to Bangor on the rail network in 1874. The town flourished and had two train stations in a row. Two covered bridges spanned the Piscataquis.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Abbot, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents				405	661	747	796	712	695	622
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	716	705	572	525	466	462	404	453	576	677
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	630	714

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 6 leads north to south through the territory of Abbot. In the Village Abbot, Maine State Route 16 branches off to the west.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Abbot. Closest facilities for Abbot residents are Dover-Foxcroft and Dexter.

Abbot does not have its own library, the closest being the Guilford Memorial Library in Guilford.

education

Abbot belongs to MSAD 04 with Cambridge, Guilford, Parkman, Sangerville and Wellington.

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Piscataquis Community Elementary School in Guilford with school classes from pre-kindergarten through grade 8
• Piscataquis Community High School in Guilford with grades 9 through 12

Web links

Commons : Abbot, Maine  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Abbot on maine.gov
• Abbot on City-data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Abbot in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed December 23, 2019
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Brown Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved December 23, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Abbot, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved December 23, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Abbot, Maine (ME 04406) 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 December 23, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Abbot, Maine - Maine: An Encyclopedia. In: maineanencyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 23, 2019 (American English). 
8. ↑ Population 1830–2010 according to census results
9. ↑ Local: Maine.gov. In: maine.gov. Retrieved December 23, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Welcome to SAD 4! In: sad4.org. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .