Brooks (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | December 10, 1816 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Waldo County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 32 ′ N , 69 ° 7 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,078 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 16.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 65.71 km 2 (approx. 25 mi 2 ) of which 63.90 km 2 (approx. 25 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 145 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04921 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-07870 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582371 | ||
| Website : | brooks.govoffice2.com | ||
Brooks is a town in Waldo County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1,078 inhabitants in 562 households on an area of 65.71 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Brooks has a total area of 65.71 km², of which 63.90 km² are land and 1.81 km² are water .
Geographical location
Brooks is centrally located in Waldo County. To the south are Lake Passassawakeag , Ellis Pond , Halfmoon Pond and Senborn Pond . The Marsh Stream flows east through the town. The surface is slightly hilly, the 258 m high Oak Hill is the highest point in the area.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Jackson , 5.5 mi
- Northeast: Monroe , 5.2 mi
- East: Swanville , 5.5 mi
- South-east: Waldo , 8.3 km
- West: Knox , 7.8 km
City structure
There are two residential areas in Brooks : Brooks and South Brooks .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Brooks is between -7.8 ° C (18 ° 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 Brooks area was under the Waldo patent . First there was an organization as a plantation under the name Washington Plantation , on December 10, 1816 the organization took place in the town, under the name Brooks. The name was given in honor of John Brooks , Governor of Massachusetts .
Brooks is on the Burnham Junction – Belfast railway line . Rail traffic is currently suspended.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Brooks, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 318 | 601 | 910 | 1021 | 988 | 868 | 877 | 730 | ||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 669 | 704 | 691 | 729 | 744 | 747 | 758 | 751 | 804 | 900 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 1022 | 1078 | ||||||||
Culture and sights
Buildings
In Brooks, a structure was listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
- Maine Central Railroad Depot , registered in 2009 under no. 09000595.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Maine State Route 139 runs east to west through the area. Maine State Route 203 branches off from here in a south direction and in Village Brooks intersects Maine Street 7 , which runs in a north-south direction.
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities in Brooks. The closest are in Belfast.
There's no library in Brooks. The closest is in Belfast.
education
Brooks belongs to RSU # 3 with Freedom, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Monroe, Montville, Thorndike, Troy, Unity and Waldo .
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Monroe Elementary School in Monroe
- Morse Memorial Elementary School in Brooks
- Mount View Elementary in Thorndike
- Mount View Middle School in Thorndike
- Mount View High School in Thorndike
- Troy Elementary in Troy
- Unity School in Unity
- Walker Elementary in Liberty
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Just L. Elwell (1921–2009), politician and Maine State Treasurer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brooks in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 7, 2020
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ^ Oak Hill. In: peakery.com. Accessed June 7, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ Brooks, Waldo County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed June 7, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Brooks, Maine (ME 04921) 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 June 7, 2020 .
- ^ History of Brooks, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
- ↑ Maine Central Railroad Depot 09000595
- ↑ RSU3 - School District. In: rsu3.org. Retrieved June 7, 2020 (American English).
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