Brownville (Maine)

Brownville
View of a postcard from around 1910
Location in Maine
Brownville
Basic data
Foundation :	February 2, 1824
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Piscataquis County
Coordinates :	45 ° 21 ′  N , 69 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 21 ′  N , 69 ° 1 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,250 (as of 2010)
Population density :	11 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	115.57 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 114.04 km 2  (approx. 44 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	33 m
Postcodes :	04414, 04481
Area code :	+1 207 965
FIPS :	23-08325
GNIS ID :	0582374
Website :	brownville.trcmaine.org

Brownville is a town in Piscataquis County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there lived 1250 inhabitants in 738 households on an area of ​​115.57 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Brownville has a total area of ​​115.57 km², of which 114.04 km² is land and 1.53 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

The community is located in the southeast of Piscataquis County on the Pleasant River , which flows south in the west of the town and belongs to the Three Rivers Community Alliance , a loose community association based in Milo . It is bordered by Schoodic Lake to the east and Ebeemee Lake to the north . The surface is slightly hilly and the highest point is the centrally located, 242 m high Stickney Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North and Northeast: Northeast Piscataquis , Unorganized Territory , 38 mi
• Southeast: Lake View , 6.6 mi
• South: Milo , 6.1 mi
• Southwest: Sebec , 14.5 km
• West: Northeast Piscataquis , 38 mi

City structure

There are several residential areas in Brownville : Brownville , Brownville Junction , Chandler , Ebeemee , Henderson , Knights , Knights Landing , Mill Brook , North Brownville, and Prairie .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Brownville ranges from −11.1 ° C (12 ° F ) in January to 19.4 ° C (67 ° 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 grant for Brownville was awarded several times because the first two or three buyers of the area failed to meet their obligations and the area thus fell back to the state. The area was explored in 1805 by a Mr. Holland and shortly afterwards bought by lawyer Moses Brown and Major Josiah Hills of Newburyport . They started the first settlements. In 1806 they built a dam and mills on the Pleasant River. The mills were operated by Major Hills. Other settlers, traders and clergymen followed.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Brownville, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents				402	568	787	793	860	896	1074
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1570	1808	1743	1910	1914	1964	1641	1490	1545	1506
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1259	1250

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Brownville, three structures were listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Brown House , 1985 under the register no. 85000273.
• Slate House , 1995 under the register no. 95000217.
• Katahdin Ironworks , 1969 under the register no. 69000011.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Brownville itself was connected to the US railroad network in December 1881 by the Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway , followed by the main line to Houlton in 1893 , which was built by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad . Both lines are now operated by the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway . North of the village runs the route of the Eastern Maine Railway , which was also opened in the 1880s.

The community is on Maine State Route 11 , which it traverses in a north-south direction.

Webber Jones Airport is in the immediate vicinity of the village .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Brownville. Closest facilities for Brownville residents are in Dover-Foxcroft.

In Brownville, the Brownville Free Public Library is located on Church Street.

education

Brownville belongs to MSAD 41 with the other communities of the Three Rivers Community : Bowerbank, Brownville, LaGrange, Lake View, Medford, Milo and Sebec, as well as the township of Atkinson.

There are several schools in the school district:

• Brownville Elementary School in Brownville, with grades 3 and 4
• Milo Elementary School in Milo, with the school classes from pre-kindergarten to 2
• Penquis Valley Middle School in Milo, with grades 5 to 8
• Penquis Valley High School in Milo, with grades 9 to 12

Web links

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

• The community site (English)
• Brownville on maine.gov
• Brownville on City-data.com
• Weather and other data from the airport

Individual evidence

1. ^ Brownville in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed December 22, 2019
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Stickney Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved December 22, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Brownville, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved July 20, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Brownville, Maine (ME 04414) 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 December 22, 2019 . 
7. ^ History of Brownville, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed December 22, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Population 1830–2010 according to census results
9. ↑ Brown House 85000273
10. ↑ Slate House 95000217
11. ↑ Katahdin Ironworks 69000011
12. ^ A Maine Public Library: Maine State Library. In: maine.gov. Retrieved December 22, 2019 . 
13. ↑ MSAD 41. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed December 22, 2019 .