Auburn, Maine

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Auburn
Great Falls on Androscoggin River and the city of Lewiston.jpg
Location in Maine
Auburn, Maine
Auburn
Auburn
Basic data
Foundation : February 24, 1842
State : United States
State : Maine
County : Androscoggin County
Coordinates : 44 ° 5 ′  N , 70 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 5 ′  N , 70 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 23,055 (as of 2010)
Population density : 148.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 170.4 km 2  (approx. 66 mi 2 ) of
which 154.8 km 2  (approx. 60 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 58 m
Postcodes : 04210-04212
Area code : +1 207
FIPS : 23-02060
GNIS ID : 0561347
Website : www.auburnmaine.org
Mayor : Jonathan P. LaBonté

Auburn is a city in Androscoggin County in the state of Maine in the United States with 23,055 residents (according to the 2010 census). It's the Shire Town of Androscoggin County. Auburn is located in southwest Maine on the falls of the Androscoggin River across from Lewiston . Many think Lewiston and Auburn belong together. That is why they are often abbreviated to LA.

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Auburn has a total area of ​​170.27 km², of which 153.66 km² is land and 16.60 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Auburn is located in southern Androscoggin County, on the border with Cumberland County . In the east the area of ​​the city is bounded by the Androscoggin River and in the north borders the Androscoggin Riverlands State Park . In the area of ​​the city there are two larger lakes, Lake Auburn and Tyler Pond , in the north . The Little Androscoggin River flows through the town centrally in an easterly direction and flows into the Androscoggin River at Auburn.

Neighboring communities

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

Larger cities in the wider area are:

  • Bath , about 45 km southeast

City structure

Auburn is divided into a larger number of settlements and villages to these include: Auburn (actually Lewiston Falls, Goff's Corner, Pekin), Auburn Plains, Barker Mill, Danville, Danville Corner, Dirigo (location of the former post office), East Auburn, East Minot (location of a former post office which Minot had outsourced), Harmons Corner, Haskell Corner, Hacketts (location of the former train station), Lewiston Falls (former post office for Auburn), Lewiston Junction, Littlefield Corner, Marstons Corner (Hardscrabble), Nason's Mills (Location of the former post office), New Auburn, North Auburn, Parsons Mills (Parsons Mill), Penleys Corner (Penley Corner), Rowes Corner (Rowe Corner, Rowe Corners), Rumford Junction, South Danville, Stevens Mill, Thompson Corner, West Auburn, West Danville (later South Auburn, the site of the former post office at Lewiston Junction), Youngs Corner.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Auburn ranges from −6.1 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 21.7 ° C (71 ° 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

The town of Auburn was founded in 1786 on the right bank of the Androscoggin River , just opposite the settlement Lewiston . The two settlements were connected to one another to a large extent from the beginning, so that one speaks of the "twin cities" of Maine. Auburn was recognized as an independent town in 1842, and it was elevated to a city in 1868 after land from some of the surrounding towns was incorporated into Auburn's urban area.

Auburn, like most places in Maine, lived on its wood mills until the mid-19th century . French settlers, who were very successful as shoemakers, also settled here early on. However, when they established the first US shoe factory in the city in 1835 , Auburn quickly became the center of the shoe industry. Even today, the city still lives primarily from its shoe production.

The economic development also benefited from the development by the railroad. The Androscoggin and Kennebec Railway overland tram linked the centers of Bath, Auburn, Lewiston and Augusta from 1908. The Portland – Lewiston Interurban Railroad connected Portland with Lewiston as Interurban from 1914 to 1933. Today the Cumberland Center – Bangor railway maintains a station in Auburn.

Population development

Census Results - City of Auburn, Maine
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Residents 2,840 4.022 6,169 9,555 11,250
year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Residents 12,951 15,064 16,985 18,571 19,817 23,134 24,449 24,151 23,128 24,039
year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090
Residents 23.203 23,055

Culture and sights

Museums

Knight House Museum (1796): The oldest half-timbered house in the town. A shoemaker's shop with furnishings from before 1835 has been preserved in it.

Buildings

In Auburn, two districts and a number of buildings have been listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

The following was placed under monument protection as a district:

Other buildings:

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Auburn and Lewiston are connected by Interstate 95 and a railroad to the centers of Augusta to the north and to Biddeford and Boston in Massachusetts to the south . The US Highway 202 leads north-south through the city.

media

Auburn is supplied with a local newspaper via a daily newspaper, the "Sun Journal", which appears in the twin town of Lewison.

education

The entire American school spectrum is represented in Auburn, from elementary schools to various high schools and colleges to a branch of the University of Maine.

In 2011, Auburn became the first city in the US to use iPads on a large scale as a teaching aid in elementary schools.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked on site

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Auburn in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed December 25, 2017
  2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
  3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
  4. ^ Auburn, Androscoggin County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed February 4, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Auburn, Maine (ME 04210, 04258) 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 26, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ Population 1850-2010 according to census results
  7. ↑ All Auburn kindergarten students getting iPads this fall. In: Sun Journal. dated April 7, 2011
Municipalities in Androscoggin County in Maine (USA):
City

Auburn  | Lewiston

County location in Maine
Towns

Durham  | Greene  | Leeds  | Lisbon  | Livermore Falls  | Livermore  | Mechanic Falls  | Minot  | Poland  | Sabattus  | Turner  | Wales

CDPs

Lisbon Falls  | Livermore Falls (CDP)  | Mechanic Falls (CDP)

More settlements

East Livermore  | East Poland  | North Turner  | West Minot  | West Poland