Boothbay
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | November 3, 1764 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Lincoln County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 48 ′ N , 69 ° 36 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,120 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 54.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 185.96 km 2 (about 72 mi 2 ) of which 56.80 km 2 (about 22 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 0 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 04537, 04549 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-06050 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582358 | ||
| Website : | www.townofboothbay.org | ||
.jpg) East Boothbay coast |
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Boothbay is a town in Lincoln County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there lived 3120 inhabitants in 1386 households on an area of 185.96 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Boothbay has a total area of 185.96 km², of which 56.80 km² is land and 129.16 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
Boothbay is located in southwest Lincoln County on a peninsula on Linekin Bay in the Atlantic Ocean . Several islands also belong to the area of the town. The better known are: Barters Island , Damariscove Island , Fisherman Island , Fort Island , Hodgdon Island , Outer Heron Island , Ram Island , Sawyer Island and The Hypocrites . It borders Sagadahoc County to the west . To the southeast is the Linekin and Burley Preserves and to the southwest is the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens . 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.
- North: Edgecomb , 4.5 mi
- East: South Bristol , 10.1 km
- South: Boothbay Harbor , 4.3 mi
- Southwest: Georgetown , Sagadahoc County, 10 mi
- West: Westport Island , 15.2 km
City structure
There are several settlement areas in Boothbay: Backriver , Back Narrows , Boothbay , Dover , East Boothbay , Linekin , Ocean Point , Spruce Shores, and Trevett .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Boothbay is between −6.8 ° C (20 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 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
Boothbay was initially known as part of Cape Newagen . The area is said to have been inhabited since 1630. In the area of Boothbay Harbor, George Weymouth had vegetables planted on his expedition in 1605. Henry Curtis bought the right to settle in 1666 from the Sachem Robinchaud. In King William's War , however, the settlement was destroyed by the Indians. The area was repopulated from 1730 by David Dunbar, the lieutenant governor of the New Hampshire Colony . He named the area Townsend. The area was organized as Townsend on November 3, 1764. The name was changed to Boothbay, after Old Boothbay in Lincolnshire , in 1842 .
Until 1842 Southport belonged to the Boothbay area and Boothbay Harbor was organized as an independent town in 1889.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Boothbay, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1700 | 1710 | 1720 | 1730 | 1740 | 1750 | 1760 | 1770 | 1780 | 1790 |
| Residents | 997 | |||||||||
| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 1246 | 1582 | 1950 | 2286 | 2631 | 2504 | 2857 | 3200 | 3575 | 1718 |
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 1766 | 1700 | 1432 | 1345 | 1370 | 1559 | 1617 | 1814 | 2308 | 2648 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 2960 | 3120 | ||||||||
Culture and sights
Buildings
In Boothbay, several structures and archaeological sites have been listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The location of the archaeological sites is not disclosed.
- Damariscove Island Archeological Site , 1978 under registration no. 78000186.
- Damariscove Lifesaving Station , 1987 under the register no. 87000924.
- Fisherman's Island , 2014 under the register no. 14001091.
- Old Gray House , 2007 under the register no. 07000408.
- Knight-Corey House , 1980 under the register no. 80000237.
- Taylor Site 16.65 , 1984 under the register no. 84001441.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Maine State Route 27 runs in a north-south direction centrally through Boothbay, also in a north-south direction the Maine State Route 96 runs through East Boothbay.
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Boothbay. Town residents can use the facilities in Boothbay Harbor, Bath or Damariscotta.
There is no library in Boothbay , the closest being the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library in Boothbay Harbor.
education
Boothbay is part of the AOS 98 / Rocky Channels School System school district with Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb, Georgetown and Southport Island.
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Boothbay Region Elementary School in Boothbay Harbor, with school classes from Kindergarten through 8th grade
- Boothbay Region High School in Boothbay Harbor, with grades 9-12
- Georgetown Central School in Georgetown, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade
- Edgecomb Eddy School in Edgecomb, with school classes from kindergarten to 6th grade
- Southport Central School in Southport, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Dorothy M. Healy (1914–1990), historian
Personalities who have worked on site
- Daniel Rose (1772–1833), politician and governor of the state of Maine
literature
- Francis Byron Greene, Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center: History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 1623-1905. With family genealogies . Loring, Short & Harmon, Portland, Me 1906 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Boothbay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed October 20, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ a b c Boothbay, Lincoln County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ a b Boothbay, Maine (ME 04537) 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 October 20, 2018 (English).
- ^ History of Boothbay, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed October 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
- ↑ Damariscove Island Archeological Site 78000186
- ↑ Damariscove Lifesaving Station 87000924
- ↑ Fisherman's Island 14001091
- ↑ Old Gray House 07000408
- ↑ Knight Corey House 80000237
- ↑ Taylor Site 16.65 84001441
- ↑ aos 98. In: aos98schools.org. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
