Blanchard (Maine)
Blanchard | ||
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Location in Maine
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | March 17, 1831 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Maine | |
County : | Piscataquis County | |
Coordinates : | 45 ° 15 ′ N , 69 ° 39 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 98 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 0.9 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 116.5 km 2 (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 114.8 km 2 (approx. 44 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 342 m | |
Postal code : | 04464 | |
Area code : | +1 207 | |
FIPS : | 05565 | |
GNIS ID : | 2378258 |
Blanchard is an Unorganized Territory in Piscataquis County in the state of Maine in the United States . The area is administered by the state. In 2010, 98 people lived there in 153 households (in the United States vacation rentals are also counted as households) on an area of 116.5 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Blanchard has a total area of 116.5 km², of which 114.8 km² are land and 1.7 km² are made up of water .
Geographical location
Blanchard is in southwest Piscataquis County and borders Somerset County . The Piscataquis River flows south through the Blanchard area. A few smaller rivers flow through the area where there are no lakes. The surface is flat, without any higher elevations.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Shirley , 7.9 mi
- East: Monson, Maine , 8.1 mi
- Southeast: Abbot , 8.4 mi
- South: Kingsbury , 6.8 mi
- West: Northeast Somerset , Unorganized Territory , 19 mi
City structure
There are several settlement areas in Blanchard : Blanchard , North Blanchard and Quarry .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Blanchard is between −11.1 ° C (12 ° F ) in January and 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
Blanchard was organized as a town on March 17, 1831. The area was previously known as Township No. 3, Third Range Bingham's Kennebec Purchase, East of Kennebec River (T3 R3 BKP EKR) . Blanchard was named after Charles Blanchard, an early landowner.
In 1951 the organization as Town was canceled and Blanchard was organized as Blanchard Plantation . This ended in 1984, since then Blanchard has belonged to the Unorganized Territories.
Population development
Census Results - Township of Blanchard, Maine | ||||||||||
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year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
Residents | 270 | 192 | 164 | 164 | 167 | 213 | ||||
year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
Residents | 248 | 175 | 124 | 104 | 118 | 75 | 57 | 56 | 64 | 78 |
year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
Residents | 83 | 98 |
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
No state roads cross Blanchard. There are only municipality roads in the area.
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Blanchard. The closest facilities for Blanchard residents are in Dover-Foxcroft.
Blanchard does not have its own library, the closest being the Monson Public Library in Monson.
education
As an Unorganized Territory, the area of Blanchard is administered by the state of Maine, which is also responsible for the educational offers.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Thomas Davee (1797–1841), politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blanchard in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 17, 2020
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ a b c Blanchard Township, Piscataquis County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Monson, Maine (climate data for neighboring Monson). In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Blanchard Township - Maine: An Encyclopedia. In: maineanencyclopedia.com. Retrieved January 17, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Population 1840-2010 according to census results