Brighton Plantation
| Brighton Plantation | |||
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | May 11, 1816 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Somerset County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 4 ′ N , 69 ° 42 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 70 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 0.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 104 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 102 km 2 (approx. 39 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 284 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-07365 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0579053 | ||
Brighton Plantation is a plantation in Somerset County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 70 people lived there in 101 households (in the United States vacation rentals are also counted as households), on an area of 104 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Brighton Plantation has a total area of 104 km², of which 102 km² is land and 2 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
Brighton Plantation is in eastern Somerset County and borders Piscataquis County . The Kingsbury Pond is bordered to the north by the region, centrally located of Smith Pond and Wyman Pond . The surface is slightly hilly, the 487 m high Kelly Mountain is the highest point.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Northeast Somerset , Unorganized Territory , 29.2 mi
- Northeast: Kingsbury , Piscataquis County, 8 miles
- East: Wellington , Piscataquis County, 5.9 mi
- South-east: Harmony , 16.0 km
- South: Athens , 7.2 mi
- Southwest: Solon , 10.1 mi
- West: Bingham , 6.1 miles
- Northwest: Moscow , 15.5 km
City structure
There are two settlement areas in Brighton Plantation with Brighton and Moody Corner .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Brighton Plantation is between -9.4 ° C (15 ° F ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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
The area was named Township No. 2, First Range Bingham's Kennebec Purchase, East of Kennebec River (T2 R1 BKP EKR) . On May 11, 1816, the area was organized as the Town of North Hill . On January 27, 1827, the name was changed to Brighton. The organization as a town was lifted in 1895 and the area has been organized as a plantation ever since. Land was given to neighboring Athens in 1838 and 1862.
Population development
| Census results - Brighton Plantation, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 722 | 803 | 748 | 733 | 627 | 585 | 434 | |||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 368 | 274 | 293 | 114 | 183 | 106 | 62 | 58 | 74 | 94 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 86 | 70 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Maine State Route 151 runs through Brighton Plantation in a north-south direction . Maine State Route 154 branches off from here in a westerly direction .
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities in Brighton Plantation. Closest are in Skowhegan, Madison and Hartland.
Brighton Plantation does not have its own library. The closest are in Solon, Bingham and Hartland.
education
Brighton Plantation belongs with Athens, Dexter, Exeter, Garland, Ripley and Harmony to the Alternative Organizational Structure No. 94.
There are several schools in the school district:
- Ridge View Community School in Dexter, pre-kindergarten through 8th grade
- Harmony Elementary School in Harmony, with school classes from kindergarten to 8th grade
- Athens Community School in North Athens, with school classes from Kindergarten to 8th grade
- Dexter Regional High School in Dexter, with grades 9 through 12
- Tri-County Technical Center in Dexter, option for high school students
Web links
- Brighton Plantation on maine.gov (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brighton Plantation in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 1, 2020
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Kelly Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ a b Brighton Plantation, Somerset County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
- ^ Athens, Maine (data for neighboring Athens). In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Population 1830–2010 according to census results
- ↑ About Us. In: aos94.org. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
