Blue Hill (Maine)

Blue Hill
Blue Hill coastal strip
Location in Maine
Blue Hill
Basic data
Foundation :	February 2, 1789
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Hancock County
Coordinates :	44 ° 24 ′  N , 68 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 24 ′  N , 68 ° 32 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2,686 (as of 2010)
Population density :	16.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	224.5 km 2  (approx. 87 mi 2 ) of which 162.0 km 2  (approx. 63 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	0 m
Postal code :	04614
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-05700
GNIS ID :	0582357
Website :	www.bluehillme.govoffice2.com
Blue Hill Academy

Blue Hill is a town in Hancock County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 2686 inhabitants in 1279 households on an area of ​​224.5 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Blue Hill has a total area of ​​224.5 km², of which 162.0 km² are land and 62.5 km² are water .

Geographical location

Blue Hill is located on Blue Hill Bay of the Atlantic Ocean , centrally in southern Hancock County. In the north, the Toddy Pond protrudes over the area of ​​the Town and in the south the Salt Pond . Other smaller lakes are spread over the area of ​​the town. The surface is hilly and the highest point is the centrally located 281 m high Blue Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Surry , 2.7 mi
• Northeast: Trenton , 10 mi
• Southeast: Mount Desert , 14.7 mi
• South: Sedgwick , 7.1 miles
• West: Penobscot , 19.5 km

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Blue Hill : Blue Hill , Blue Hill Falls , East Blue Hill , Granite (on Long Island), North Blue Hill, and South Blue Hill .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Blue Hill ranges from −6.1 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 6 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

Blue Hill was settled from 1762. The first settlers included Captain Joseph Wood and John Roundy. The original name for the area was Township Number 5 . Then the area was organized as a plantation named Newport . As a town, it was organized in 1789 under the name Blue Hill .

The town was best known for Mary Ellen Chase , a writer and teacher who was born here. The writer Janwillem van de Wetering died in the Blue Hill Memorial Hospital in July 2008 .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Blue Hill, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										274
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	494	658	957	1486	1891	1939	1993	1707	2213	1980
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1828	1462	1564	1439	1343	1308	1270	1367	1644	1941
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2390	2686

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Blue Hill, a district 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:

• Blue Hill Historic District , incorporated in 1980, Register No. 80000220

Other buildings:

• Barncastle , recorded 1980, register no. 80000219
• Ward Hinckley House , recorded 1974, register no. 74000153
• Jonathan Fisher Memorial , recorded in 1969, register no. 69000031
• Parker House , incorporated in 2004, Register No. 04001047
• John Peters House , recorded 1983, register no. 83003642

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

From the north, Maine State Route 172 enters the town area and to the south, Maine State Route 176 exits the area. The Maine State Route 15 and Maine State Route 177 to reach the area from the west and the Maine State Route 175 from the south east.

Public facilities

There are several medical facilities and hospitals in Blue Hill.

The Blue Hill Public Library is located on Parker Point Road in Blue Hill.

education

Blue Hill belongs to School Union 93 with Castine, Brooksville, Penobscot and Surry . The Blue Hill School Department is responsible for schooling in Blue Hill.

The following schools are offered in Blue Hill:

• Blue Hill Consolidated School with school classes from Pre-K to 8th grade
• Blue Hill Harbor School with classes from 9th to 12th grade
• The Bay School, Waldorf school with classes from the 1st to the 8th grade

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Mary Ellen Chase (1887–1973), writer and university professor
• Bill McHenry (* 1972), American jazz saxophonist

Web links

Commons : Blue Hill, Maine  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Town website
• Blue Hill on City-Data.com
• Blue Hill on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Blue Hill in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 13, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ Blue Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved May 13, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ Blue Hill, Hancock County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved May 13, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Blue Hill, Maine (ME 04614) 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 May 13, 2018 (English). 
7. ^ History of Blue Hill, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed May 13, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ Home - Blue Hill Public Library. In: bhpl.net. Blue Hill Public Library, accessed May 13, 2018 (American English). 
10. ↑ School Union 93 ( Memento of the original dated December 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 15, 2018 
11. ↑ Local: Maine.gov. In: maine.gov. Retrieved May 13, 2018 (American English).