Baldwin (Maine)

Baldwin
Location in Maine
Baldwin
Basic data
Foundation :	June 23, 1802
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Cumberland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 50 ′  N , 70 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 50 ′  N , 70 ° 45 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,525 (as of 2010)
Population density :	16.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	94.1 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 91.5 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	190 m
Postal code :	04091
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-02655
GNIS ID :	00582338
Website :	www.baldwinmaine.org

Baldwin is a town in Cumberland County in the state of Maine in the United States . Baldwin is located on the southwest shore of Sebago Lake , in the southwestern part of Cumberland County. In 2010 there lived 1525 inhabitants in 588 households on an area of ​​94.1 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Baldwin has an area of ​​94.1  km² , of which 91.5 km² consists of land and 2.6 km² of water .

Geographical location

Baldwin is on the southwest shore of Sebago Lake . In the west the Oxford County borders with the Town of Hiram and in the south York County borders with Cornish and Limington . The Saco River flows in a southerly direction and forms the western and southern limits of the area of ​​the town and the county. The surface of the area is hilly, with several peaks that run into a range of hills to Sebago Lake . The highest point is the 416 m high Douglas Mountain to the east of Baldwin. There are several small lakes in the Baldwin Town area.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Sebago , 10.3 km
• Southeast: Standish , 18.2 km
• South: Limington , 3.6 miles
• Southwest: Cornish , 4.8 mi
• West: Hiram , 6 miles

City structure

The Town of Baldwin has several settlement areas: Baldwin , Chase (Chase Siding), Cornish Station , East Baldwin (Baldwin Corner), Mattocks (former railroad station), North Baldwin, and West Baldwin .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Baldwin ranges from −9.4 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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

The area, called Flintstown Plantation, was given as a grant in 1774 to the survivors of Captain John Flint's company of Concord, Massachusetts. The town was founded on June 23, 1802 and named after Loammi Baldwin , an early settler after whom the Baldwin apple is named.

The soil conditions in Baldwin are very different, there are areas with good arable soil for grain and hay. However, Baldwin is known for its orchards and there is a factory in East Baldwin for drying apples. There was also a grain factory. The water power of the streams was used to operate mills. During the drought, the Saco Water Power Company at Great Falls on the Saco River was able to regulate the water used to operate the mills in Saco and Biddeford.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Baldwin, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										190
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	370	546	1120	947	1134	1100	1227	1101	1123	932
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	821	791	700	694	721	725	773	878	1140	1219
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1290	1525

Culture and sights

Buildings

Burnell Tavern

Two buildings in Baldwin are listed buildings and have been added to the National Register of Historic Places .

The Burnell Tavern was built in 1737. It is the oldest building in the rural community and a local landmark. Today it is used as a private residence, the building cannot be visited. It was listed as a Historic Monument in 1983 with the register number 83003638 and entered on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Valley Lodge is a historic house at the Saddleback Road in the rural part of Baldwin. It was built in 1792 by one of Baldwin's first settlers. It is one of the oldest surviving homes in Cumberland County. The Valley Lodge was placed under monument protection in 1977 with the register number 77000138.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Maine State Route 113 runs through Baldwin in a north-south direction . It connects Baldwin with Freyburg in the north and Standish in the south. Maine State Route 107 branches off from here in the direction of Sebago in the northeast .

Baldwin is on the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad .

Public facilities

The Brown Memorial Library is located in Baldwin . It was founded in 1907 and the building that houses the library was built in 1908 in the Tudor Revival style .

The closest hospital for Baldwin residents is in Bridgeton.

education

Baldwin is part of the Maine School Administrative District 55 with Cornish, Hiram, Parsonsfield and Porter .

The following schools are available for school children in the school district:

• Sacopee Valley Elementary School in Hiram
• Sacopee Valley Middle School in Hiram
• Sacopee Valley High School in Hiram

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Ephraim Flint (1819-1894), lawyer and politician

Web links

Commons : Baldwin, Maine  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

• Homepage Baldwin
• Baldwin's administrative records on the official Maine state websites

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Baldwin in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed February 24, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results; official publication of the Census Authority, p. 22/23
3. ^ Douglas Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ Baldwin, Cumberland County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 24, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
7. ^ History of Baldwin, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed February 24, 2018 . 
8. ^ A History and Description of New England, General and Local by Austin Jacobs Coolidge, John Brainard Mansfield
9. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
10. ↑ Asset Detail. In: nps.gov. npgallery.nps.gov, accessed January 27, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Asset Detail. In: nps.gov. npgallery.nps.gov, accessed January 27, 2018 . 
12. ^ The Brown Memorial Library of Baldwin, Maine. In: me.us. www.brown.lib.me.us, accessed February 24, 2018 . 
13. ↑ home page. In: sad55.org. Retrieved February 24, 2018 .