Brooksville, Maine

Brooksville
View of Brooksville Harbor circa 1910
Location in Maine
Brooksville
Basic data
Foundation :	June 13, 1817
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Hancock County
Coordinates :	44 ° 21 ′  N , 68 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 21 ′  N , 68 ° 46 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	934 (as of 2010)
Population density :	11.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	132.4 km 2  (approx. 51 mi 2 ) of which 80.63 km 2  (approx. 31 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	26 m
Postal code :	04617
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-07975
GNIS ID :	0582372
Website :	www.brooksvillemaine.org

Brooksville is a town in Hancock County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 934 people lived there in 437 households on an area of ​​132.4 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Brooksville has a total area of ​​132.4 km², of which 80.63 km² is land and 51.77 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

Brooksville is a headland in Penobscot Bay in the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the southwest of Hancock County. The area of ​​the town also includes some islands off the coast. The most famous is the Nautilus Island . The surface is slightly hilly, there are no significant elevations. Several arms of Penobscot Bay protrude into the mainland area. There are also some smaller lakes, such as Parker Pond , Snake Pond or Fresh Pond .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Penobscot , 5.1 mi
• East: Sedgwick , 14.1 km
• South: Deer Isle , 3.7 mi
• West: Islesboro , Waldo County , 10.3 mi
• Northwest Castine , 4 miles

City structure

Brooksville there are several settlements: Black Corner , Brooksville , Cape Rosier , Flat Landing , Harborside , Herricks , North Brooksville , Norumbega , South Brooksville , Stover Corner and West Brooksville .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Brooksville 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

North Brooksville around 1908

The Town of Brooksville was founded in 1817 from areas that previously belonged to the towns of Castine, Penobscot and Sedgwick. Brooksville was named after John Brooks , who was the governor of Massachusetts when it was founded. The first explorer to reach this area was James Rosier in 1605 . Cape Rosier on the Penobscot River in Brooksville, Maine was named after him.

The first settlers were John and Samuel Wasson and David Hawes, who upon arrival met three illegal settlers who had settled in the area without permits.

At Henry's Point and near Oliver Bakerman, the British built six-cannon batteries in 1779. Both positions have since expired.

Excavations were carried out on the site of Edmund von Mach with his approval in the 1920s by the archaeologist Warren K. Moorehead . During these excavations, ceramic finds with fine decorations came to light. The archaeological site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Brooksville, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents			972	1089	1246	1333	1428	1275	1419	1310
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1171	1176	1019	810	805	751	603	673	753	760
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	911	934

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Brooksville, an archaeological site and building has been listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

Archaeological site

• From Mach Site (ME 151/02) , recorded in 1989, register no. 88000901

building

• Topside , recorded in 1975, register no. 75000229

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

There are very few streets in Brooksville. The Maine State Route 176 along the coast of Brooklin.

Public facilities

Brooksville does not have its own medical facilities or hospitals. The closest ones are in Belfast.

The Brooksville Free Public Library is located in the Brooksville Town House.

education

Brooksville is part of the School Union 93 with Blue Hill, Castine, Penobscot and Surry . The Brooksville School Department is responsible for school education in Brooksville.

Brooksville is home to Brooksville Elementary School, with classes from Pre-K through 8th grade.

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Archibald Cox (1912–2004), professor of constitutional law and state special investigator in the Watergate affair
• Edmund von Mach (1870–1927), art historian, university professor, author and translator
• Scott Nearing (1883–1983), author, educator, and farmer
• Peter Suber (* 1951), Professor of Philosophy, a leader in the Open Access movement

Web links

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

• The community site (English)
• Brooksville on Maine.gov
• Brooksville on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brooksville in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 26, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ Brooksville, Hancock County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved May 26, 2018 (English). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Brooksville, Maine (ME 04617) 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 26, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ ^{a b c} History of Brooksville, Maine, from A Gazetteer of the State of Maine, by Geo. J. Varney, 1886 , Retrieved May 26, 2018
7. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
8. ^ Brooksville Free Public Library. In: brooksvillelibrary.org. Retrieved May 26, 2018 (American English). 
9. ↑ 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 26, 2018 
10. ↑ Local: Maine.gov. In: maine.gov. Retrieved May 26, 2018 (American English). 
11. ^ Brooksville Elementary School. In: brooksvilleschool.org. Retrieved May 26, 2018 .