Bridgton

Bridgton
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Location in Maine
Bridgton
Basic data
Foundation :	February 7, 1794
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Cumberland County
Coordinates :	44 ° 3 ′  N , 70 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 3 ′  N , 70 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	5,210 (as of 2010)
Population density :	35.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	166.4 km 2  (approx. 64 mi 2 ) of which 147.1 km 2  (approx. 57 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	146 m
Postal code :	04009
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-07170
GNIS ID :	00582368
Website :	www.BridgtonMaine.org

Bridgton is a town in Cumberland County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 5210 inhabitants in 4051 households on an area of ​​166.4 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Bridgton has an area of ​​166.4  km² , of which 147.1 km² are land and 9.3 km² are water .

Geographical location

Bridgton is in the northwest of Cumberland County and lies between Long Lake in the north and Town Denmark , in Oxford County in the south. In the north and north-west of Sweden and Waterford join in Oxford County. Harrison to the northeast and Naples and Sebago to the southeast . Long Lake separates Bridgton from Harrison . Through Long Lake, past Naples, a waterway leads over the Songo River to Sebago Lake . There are another seven lakes in the area of ​​the resort. The main rivers are the Steven's Brook, the outlet of the Crotched Lakes, and the Willett's and Martin Brooks. The town's surface is hilly, interspersed with lakes and ridges. The highest point is the 611 m high Pleasant Mountain .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Sweden , Oxford County, 5.5 mi
• Northeast: Waterford , 3.6 mi
• East: Harrison , 5.4 mi
• Southeast: Naples , 6.4 mi
• South: Sebago , 10.2 km
• Southwest: Denmark , Oxford County, 6.1 mi
• West: Fryeburg , Oxford County, 15 mi

City structure

There are several villages in the area of ​​the Town of Bridgeton. The eponymous Census-designated place Bridgton is located in the center of Bridgeton. It begins on Route 302 near Meadow Road and extends over Main Street past Highland Lake to the Civil War Memorial. In addition to shops, the Bridgton Hospital and a cinema, the Stevens Brook Elementary School , the Bridgton Memorial School , the Bridgton Community Center and Pondicherry Park, a piece of land consisting of forest, wetlands and streams, are located here. The Village North Bridgton is located west of Long Lake on the border with the towns of Waterford and Harrison and has its own ZIP code (04057), which only applies to mailboxes in the North Bridgton Post Office. South Bridgton is off Route 107 on the Sebago border , not far from Adams Pond. Not far from there is Sandy Creek , also known as Pinhook, on Denmark Road . West Bridgton extends mainly on Route 302 from the fire station on Cedar Drive along Moose Pond to Shawnee Peak, and is bordered by Fryeburg to the west and Denmark to the south . Other settlements are Ingalls (Ingalls Hill), Pumpkin Valley and The Ridge .

climate

Bridgton, Maine
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     95   -2 -14     84   0 -13     96   5 -7     100   12 -1     89   19th 5     100   24 11     100   26th 14th     96   25th 13     87   21st 8th     118   15th 2     119   7th -2     99   1 -10 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: www.weatherbase.com

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Bridgton, Maine Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -1.5 0.2 5.2 12.0 19.3 23.6 26.1 25.2 20.9 14.6 7.4 0.6 O 12.9 Min. Temperature (° C) -13.9 -13.1 -6.8 -0.8 5.2 10.7 13.6 12.7 8.0 2.2 -2.4 -10.0 O 0.5 Precipitation ( mm ) 95 84 96 100 89 100 100 96 87 118 119 99 Σ 1,183 Rainy days ( d ) 9 7th 8th 9 11 12 11 10 9 10 10 9 Σ 115 Source: www.weatherbase.com

The mean mean temperature in Bridgton is between −7.7 ° C in January and 19.8 ° C in July. This means that the town is around 5 degrees cooler than the long-term mean in the USA, but just under 1 degree warmer than the mean of Maine. The mean annual snowfall height is about 2.0 m, with precipitation between October and April and a peak in January of 53 cm. The daily sunshine duration between March and November is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

Bridgton was given as a grant to Benjamin Mullikin, Moody Bridges, Thomas Perley, and other men by the Massachusetts General Court in 1761 . The grant was divided into 86 parts. Sixty-one parts were taken over by the individual owners, one for the help of the priest, one for the first priest to settle here, one for Harvard College, one for the support of the schools and one for the first settler in it Area. The remaining 20 parts were owned by the settlers in communal ownership.

The first residents named their place Bridgton in honor of Moody Bridges who was one of the first settlers. Previously, the area was called Pondicherry (after the Indian city of the same name ). Captain Benjamin Kimball undertook in 1768 in return for the grant of an area to build a comfortable house for entertainment, open a shop for goods, and keep a ship with a practical sail ready to carry cargo and passengers from Persontown to Transport to the top of Long Lake and back at a set rate whenever a settler so wishes. This for a period of seven years. In the same year, the owners of the Grants signed a contract with Jacob Stevens in the same way, stating that he would build and maintain a sawmill and grain mill, which was built on the spur of the Crotched Pond, since then known as Stevens Brook . In 1782, some land on the shores of Long Lake was given as a reward to those settlers who had made the greatest advance in the use of the land and the construction of the buildings, as a reward for their merits. Since then, these properties have been known as merited lots .

The town of Bridgton was founded on February 7, 1794. After that, prosperity rose steadily and the population also grew. In 1805 the portion of Bridgton that was on the eastern side of Long Lake was spun off , about 8,500 acres ( 3,440 hectares ) and the town of Harrison was established. The southeastern part of the town, approximately 1011 hectares (2500 acres), was partitioned off in 1834 for the establishment of the town of Naples. In return, Bridgeton received land to the west of Fryburg and Denmark in 1847. About 1416 ha (3500 ac) were added. The town is approximately 12,140 hectares (30,000 ac) in size. The soil is very suitable as arable land.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Bridgton, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										329
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	646	882	1160	1541	1987	2710	2556	2685	2863	2605
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	2868	2660	2546	2659	3035	2950	2707	2967	3528	4307
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	4883	5210

Culture and sights

Buildings

The following structures are on the National Register of Historic Places in the Town of Bridgton :

NRIS ID	designation	address	MPS	NRHP since
05001440	Lt. Robert Andrews House	428 S. Bridgton Rd.		December 21, 2005
88000390	Benjamin Cleaves House	S. High St.		April 20, 1988
88003020	Dalton Holmes Davis Memorial Library	Main St.	Maine Public Libraries MPS	05th January 1989
75000098	William F. Perry House	6 Main Hill		September 25, 1975
84001361	Stone House	Burnham Rd.		July 19, 1984
90000924	Wales and Hamblen Store	134 Main St.		June 14, 1990
83003639	Walker Memorial Hall	Lower Ridge Rd.		December 29, 1983
80000229	Farnsworth House	Maine State Route 117		November 14, 1980
89000254	Peabody-Fitch House	Ingalls Road		April 7, 1989
87000947	South Bridgton Congregational Church	Fosterville Rd.		June 25, 1987
13000834	John and Maria Webb House	121 Main St.		October 16, 2013

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

US Highway 302 runs through Bridgton from southeast to northwest , connecting Bridgton to Fryburg to the northwest and Portland to the south. The Maine State Route 117 crosses him leading from the southwest and coming to the northeast. Maine State Route 107 joins here, near Villages Bridgton .

Public facilities

Bridgton Public Library is on Church Street in Bridgton .

The Bridgton Hospital offers medical care for residents of Bridgton and surrounding Towns.

education

Bridgton is part of the Maine School Administrative District 61 with Casco, Naples and Sebago .

The following schools are available in the school district:

• Sebago Elementary School in Sebago
• Songo Locks School in Naples
• Stevens Brook School in Bridgton
• Lake Region Middle School in Naples
• Lake Region High School in Naples
• Lake Region Vocational Center in Naples
• Lake Region - Fryeburg Area Adult Education in Casco

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Henry B. Cleaves (1840-1912), politician

Personalities who have worked on site

• Nathaniel Littlefield (1804-1882), politician
• Luther F. McKinney (1841-1922), politician

Web links

Commons : Bridgton, Maine  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• City homepage
• Bridgton administrative records on the official Maine state websites

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bridgton 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, pp. 22/23
3. ^ ^{A b c} History of Bridgton, Maine From A Gazetteer of the State of Maine by Geo. J. Varney edited by BB Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston 1886
4. ↑ Pleasant Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
6. ^ North Bridgton ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
7. ↑ South Bridgton ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
8. ^ Sandy Creek ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
9. ↑ West Bridgton ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
10. ^ Bridgton, Cumberland County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 24, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
12. ^ A History and Description of New England, General and Local by Austin Jacobs Coolidge, John Brainard Mansfield
13. ^ City-data, Incorporation Bridgton
14. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
15. ^ Bridgton Library. In: bridgtonlibrary.org. Bridgton Library, accessed February 24, 2018 (American English). 
16. ↑ Bridgton, Maine (ME 04009, 04057) 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 February 24, 2018 (English). 
17. ↑ Local: Maine.gov. In: maine.gov. Retrieved February 24, 2018 (American English).