Avon (Maine)

Avon
Avon Location in Maine
Basic data
Foundation :	February 22, 1802
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 47 ′  N , 70 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 47 ′  N , 70 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	461 (as of 2010)
Population density :	4.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	107.87 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) of which 107.2 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) is land
Postal code :	04966
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-02235
GNIS ID :	0582336
Website :	maine.gov

Avon is a town in Franklin County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 461 inhabitants in 341 households on an area of ​​107.87 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Avon has a total area of ​​107.87 km², of which 107.2 km² is land and 0.67 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

Avon is centrally located in the south of Franklin County. The Sandy River , a tributary of the Kennebec River, flows through the north of the town. There are several larger lakes in the town's area, the largest being Mount Blue Pond in the west of the town, and a smaller lake being the Day Mountain Pond in the east of the town. In the south lies the Mt. Blue State Park , in it lies the highest point of the town, the 972 m high Mount Blue . The surface of the town is hilly.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Phillips , 4.6 mi
• East: Strong , 6.9 miles
• South: Temple , 3.1 mi
• West: Weld , 10 mi

City structure

There are three settlement areas in Avon : Avon , Avon Corner and Wills Crossing (former railway station).

climate

The mean mean temperature in Avon is between −10.0 ° C (14 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.9 ° C (66 ° Fahrenheit) 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

Originally the area was called Township No. 2 designated. Other names were Abbott's Purchase or Upper Town. Settlement began in 1781. The first settlers were two sea captains, Joshua Soule and Perkins Allen. The residents started a petition in 1801 to make the area a town. They suggested the name Bilboa or Canterbury . When the area was incorporated on February 22, 1802, the state government named it Avon after the River Avon in England . From there came one of the ancestors of Captain Soule, George Soule, who emigrated to America on the Mayflower .

In 1853 Avon gave land to the nearby Town Strong.

Avon has always been a small community with only a few sawmills until 1875. The school children went to neighboring high schools and there was no post office. In 1879 the Sandy River Railroad reached Avon in 1879. In 1908 she became part of the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad . This was discontinued in 1935.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Avon, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents		304	450	745	827	778	802	610	571	439
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	448	380	384	302	387	391	436	495	475	559
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	504	461

Culture and sights

Parks

The Mount Blue State Park lies with its eastern part in the area of ​​the Town Avon. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the federal government bought 51 parcels of land and hired workers to build roads and buildings. The land was sold to the state of Maine by the US Department of Agriculture in 1955. Today the park covers an area of ​​8,000 acres (3,237.5 hectares ).

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Parallel to the Sandy River , Maine State Route 4 runs south of the river to the north and Maine State Route 149 runs north of the river through northern Avon.

The Farmington – Marbles railway has one stop through the town.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Avon. The closest are at Farmington.

Avon does not have its own library, the closest one is in Phillips.

education

Avon is part of Regional School Union 58 / Maine School Administrative District 58 along with Kingfield, Phillips and Strong .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Mount Abram High School in Salem Township in the Unorganized Territory of East Central Franklin
• Kingfield Elementary School in Kingfield
• Phillips Elementary School in Phillips
• Strong Elementary School in Strong
• Spruce Mountain High School in Jay

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Avon in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 30, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Mount Blue. In: peakery.com. Retrieved March 30, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ Avon, Franklin County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 30, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Avon, Maine (ME 04966) 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 March 30, 2018 (English). 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Sisters History Detectorists Avon, Maine , accessed March 30, 2018
8. ^ Avon . In: Maine: An Encyclopedia . 2011 ( maineanencyclopedia.com ).
9. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
10. ^ State Parks and Public Lands: Maine ACF - Search Results. In: maine.gov. Retrieved March 30, 2018 . 
11. ↑ MSAD58. In: msad58.org. MSAD58, accessed May 6, 2018 (American English).