Bangor (Maine)

Bangor
Nickname : The Queen City of the East, Queen City
Downtown, Bangor
Location in Maine
Bangor
Basic data
Foundation :	circa 1769
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Penobscot County
Coordinates :	44 ° 50 ′  N , 68 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 50 ′  N , 68 ° 48 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	33,039 (as of 2010)
Population density :	372.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	89.59 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of which 88.73 km 2  (approx. 34 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	35 m
Postcodes :	04401-04402
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-02795
GNIS ID :	0561558
Website :	www.bangormaine.gov
Mayor :	Catherine Conlow
William Arnold-Stephen King House

Bangor is a city in Penobscot County in the US state of Maine . Bangor had a population of 33,039 in 15,674 households in an area of ​​89.59 km² at the 2010 US census . This makes Bangor the third largest city in Maine and Shire Town in Penobscot Counties.

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Bangor has a total area of ​​89.59 km², of which 88.73 km² is land and 0.85 km² is water.

Geographical location

Bangor lies at the influence of the Kenduskeag Stream in the Penobscot River , about 90 km from the sea. Bangor has a port that is also accessible to larger ships. A 400 m long bridge connects it to Brewer . Bangor is in the south of Penobscot County. The surface is flat, without any significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• Northeast: Orono , 7.1 km
• East: Veazie , 4 miles
• South: Brewer , 4.3 mi
• Southwest: Hampden , 13.0 km
• West: Hermon , 9.1 km
• Northwest: Glenburn , 5.1 mi

City structure

The City of Bangor is divided into several settlement areas: Bangor , East Bangor , North Bangor , North Bangor Station , Six Mile Falls , Stillwater Avenue and West Bangor .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Bangor is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 21.1 ° C (70 ° 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 first settlement of European immigrants in what is now Bangors was established around 1769 by Jacob Buswell. At that time, Maine was not an independent state, but part of Massachusetts . The settlement was a large plantation named Kenduskeag after the river of the same name on which it lay. In 1787 the place was briefly named Sunbury, and in 1791, probably under the influence of Pastor Seth Noble, it was renamed to its current name. During the British-American War , the plantation was occupied by the British for a few days in September 1814 and completely burned down, but rebuilt. On February 24, 1834 Bangor was raised to the municipality, on March 26, 1853 declared a city.

Bangor's economic rise was closely linked to the development of the timber industry. The first sawmill started operations in 1772. By the mid-1830s, there were more than 300 sawmills and Bangor had become a center of the timber industry . Up until the 1870s, Bangor was the capital of the timber industry: up to 350 million linear meters of wooden planks were shipped from its port every year. Towards the end of the 19th century, Bangor lost its prominent position because it received competition from the development of wooded areas in the western United States, particularly in the states of Minnesota and Oregon . Today there are no more sawmills in Bangor.

In April 1911, Bangor experienced its greatest disaster, when a major fire destroyed large parts of the city. The fact that most of the buildings were made of wood ensured that the fire spread quickly. Almost 300 houses were destroyed and another 100 badly damaged. The reconstruction changed the face of the city significantly.

Until the conclusion of the US-Canadian customs treaty in 1854, Bangor was an important port, including for wood.

Population development

Census Results - City of Bangor, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	277	850	1,221	2,867	8,627	14,432	16,407	18,289	16,856	19,103
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	21,850	24,803	25,978	28,749	29,822	31,558	38,912	33,168	31,643	33.181
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	31,473	33,039

Culture and sights

Museums

Bangor is home to a number of museums, including the Maine Discovery Museum , a museum for children. The Cole Land Transportation Museum specializes in vehicles. The University Of Maine Museum of Art is an art museum and the Maine Forest and Logging Museum deals with the logging industry.

Buildings

In Bangor, numerous buildings and six districts have been listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places .

as a district

• Bangor Theological Seminary Historic District , 1977 under registration no. 77000080.
• Broadway Historic District , 1973 under registration no. 73000244.
• Great Fire of 1911 Historic District , 1984 under registration no. 84001479.
• Mount Hope Cemetery District , 1974 under the register no. 74000187.
• West Market Square Historic District , 1979 under registration no. 79000161.
• Whitney Park Historic District , registered in 1988 under No. 88001844.

as a building

• Adams-Pickering Block , 1974 under the register no. 76000110.
• All Souls Congregational Church , 1992 under the register no. 92000790.
• Bangor Children's Home , 1975 under registration no. 75000103.
• Bangor Fire Engine House No. 6 , 1988 under the register no. 88000394.
• Bangor Hose House No. 5 , 1997 under the register no. 97001130.
• Bangor House , 1972 under the register no. 72000076.
• Bangor Mental Health Institute , 1987 under registration no. 87000420.
• Bangor Standpipe , 1974 under the register no. 74000185.
• Battleship Maine Monument , 1999 under the register no. 99001187.
• Blake House , 1972 under the registration no. 72000077.
• Charles G. Bryant Double House , 1986 under registration no. 86001338.
• Building at 84-96 Hammond Street , registered in 2005 under no. 05000797.
• Colonial Apartments , 2012 under the register no. 12001067.
• Connors House , 1983 under the registration no. 83003669.
• Samuel Farrar House , 1974 under the register no. 74000186.
• Godfrey-Kellogg House , 1973 under registration no. 73000136.
• Grand Army Memorial Home , 1972 under the register no. 72000105.
• Hannibal Hamlin House , 1979 under the register no. 79000160.
• Hammond Street Congregation Church , 1982 under registration no. 82000774.
• Charles W. Jenkins House , 1990 under the register no. 90001469.
• Jonas Cutting-Edward Kent House , 1973 under the register no. 73000137.
• Joseph W. Low House , 1973 under the register no. 73000138.
• Morse & Co. Office Building , 1973 under registration no. 73000139.
• St. John's Catholic Church , 1973 under registration no. 73000142.
• Sargent-Roberts House , 1996 under registration no. 96001476.
• Zebulon Smith House , 1974 under the register no. 74000189.
• Symphony House , 1972 under the register no. 72000078.
• Jones P. Veazie House , registered in 1988 under no. 88000890.
• Wardwell-Trickey Double House , 1992 under the register no. 92000795.
• Wheelwright Block , 1974 under the register no. 74000191.
• Gene. John Williams House , 1978 under the register no. 78000195.
• Penobscot Expedition Site , 1973 under the register no. 73000140.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Interstate 95 runs parallel to the Penobscot River by Bangor. In the south, Interstate 395 branches off towards Holden. US Highway 2 also runs parallel to the Penobscot River through Bangor. Coming from the north, Maine State Route 222 and Maine State Route 15 join it.

Bangor had an electric tram from 1889 to 1945 .

The former military airfield Dow Air Force Base was converted into the civil Bangor International Airport in 1968 , where large machines can still land. The airport continues to be used by the military, especially for transports to Europe. Bangor International Airport is one of the major airports for troops returning from Iraq. Therefore there is a special office for the greeting of the returning soldiers. This airport serves as one of the main airports for stopovers for refueling and technical problems on the flight route between North America and Europe. Five lines with 60 flights a day are processed at the airport as scheduled.

This place hit the headlines in 2005 because scheduled aircraft stopped here to disembark and interrogate passengers suspected of being terrorists (so-called no-fly list ).

media

A local daily newspaper, the Bangor Daily News, appears in Bangor and a national weekly newspaper The Weekly is published by the same publishing house .

Public facilities

There are several medical facilities and hospitals in Bangor that are also available to residents of the surrounding communities.

The Bangor Public Library dates back to 1830. At that time it consisted of seven books in a small box. Over time, the inventory increased and in 1883 the city took over USD 100,000 from the estate of Samuel F. Hersey, all of which went to the library. 20,000 books were purchased from the money. In 1911 the library held 70,000 books and was the largest public library in the state until a fire in April 1911 destroyed the library. The library opened in May 1911 with a collection of 29 rescued books, 1,330 books that were on loan at the time of the fire and 46 books that had been returned by the bookbinder. The foundation stone for a new building was laid in June 1912 and the building opened on December 20, 1913.

education

The Bangor School Department is responsible for school education. The schools in Bangor are:

• Abraham Lincoln School with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade
• Downeast School with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade
• Fourteenth Street School with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade
• Fruit Street School with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade
• Vine Street School with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade
• Fairmount School with school classes from kindergarten to 5th grade
• Mary Snow School with school classes from kindergarten through 5th grade
• James F. Doughty School, Middle School with classes from 6th to 8th grade
• William S. Cohen School, Middle School with classes from 6th to 8th grade
• Bangor High School, high school with grades 9-12

Just outside Bangor in the village of Orono is the University of Maine , the main location of the University of Maine system .

Personalities

→ Main article : List of personalities of City Bangor (Maine)

The writer Stephen King lives in Bangor with his wife Tabitha King . He donated a sports stadium to the city and owns three small radio stations. Many of King's stories are set in or related to Bangor.

Web links

Commons : Bangor (Maine)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Site of Bangor (English)
• Bangor on maine.gov
• Bangor on City-data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bangor in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed 17 March 2010
2. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
3. ↑ Bangor, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 17, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Bangor, Maine (ME 04401, 04444) 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 17, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
6. ↑ Maine Discovery Museum. In: mainediscoverymuseum.org. Retrieved March 17, 2019 (American English). 
7. ^ Cole Land Transportation Museum. In: colemuseum.org. Cole Museum, accessed March 17, 2019 . 
8. ^ University of Maine Museum of Art - Maine's Modern and Contemporary Art Museum. In: umaine.edu. Museum of Art. Retrieved March 17, 2019 (American English). 
9. ^ Maine Forest and Logging Museum. In: maineforestandloggingmuseum.org. Retrieved March 17, 2019 (American English). 
10. ↑ Bangor Theological Seminary Historic District 77000080
11. ↑ Broadway Historic District 73000244
12. ↑ Great Fire of 1911 Historic District 84001479
13. ↑ Mount Hope Cemetery District 74000187
14. ↑ West Market Square Historic District 79000161
15. ↑ Whitney Park Historic District 88001844
16. ↑ Adams-Pickering Block 76000110
17. ↑ All Souls Congregational Church 92000790
18. ↑ Bangor Children's Home 75000103
19. ^ Bangor Fire Engine House No. 6 88000394
20. ↑ Bangor Hose House No. 5 97001130
21. ↑ Bangor House 72000076
22. ↑ Bangor Mental Health Institutet 87000420
23. ↑ Bangor standpipe 74000185
24. ↑ Battleship Maine Monument 99001187
25. ↑ Blake House 72000077
26. ^ Charles G. Bryant Double House 86001338
27. ↑ Building at 84-96 Hammond Street 05000797
28. ↑ Colonial Apartments 12001067
29. ↑ Connors House 83003669
30. ↑ Samuel Farrar House 74000186
31. ↑ Godfrey-Kellogg House 73000136
32. ↑ Grand Army Memorial Home 72000105
33. ↑ Hannibal Hamlin House 79000160
34. ↑ Hammond Street Congregation Church 82000774
35. ↑ Charles W. Jenkins House 90001469
36. ↑ Jonas Cutting-Edward Kent House 73000137
37. ↑ Joseph W. Low House 73000138
38. ↑ Morse & Co. Office Building 73000139
39. ↑ St. John's Catholic Church 73000142
40. ↑ Sargent-Roberts House 96001476
41. ↑ Zebulon Smith House 74000189
42. ↑ Symphony House 72000078
43. ↑ Jones P. Veazie House 88000890
44. ^ Wardwell-Trickey Double House 92000795
45. ↑ Wheelwright block 74000191
46. ↑ Gen. John Williams House 78000195
47. ↑ Penobscot Expedition Site 73000140
48. ↑ Suspected terrorism - aircraft diverted in the USA. Spiegel, accessed on February 4, 2020 (German). 
49. ^ History. In: bangorpubliclibrary.org. Bangor Public Library, accessed March 17, 2019 (American English). 
50. ↑ Bangor School Department - Welcome to the Bangor School Department and the City of Bangor, a community that is proud to have developed a formula for the high achievement of its schools: an involved and supportive community, highly skilled educators, and hard-working students . In: bangorschools.net. Retrieved March 17, 2019 .