Buckfield (Maine)

Buckfield
Town Offices
Location in Maine
Buckfield
Basic data
Foundation :	March 16, 1793
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Oxford County
Coordinates :	44 ° 16 ′  N , 70 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 16 ′  N , 70 ° 22 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2.009 (as of 2010)
Population density :	20.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	97.82 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 97.20 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	111 m
Postal code :	04220
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-08710
GNIS ID :	0582376
Website :	www.townofbuckfield.com
Zadoc Long Free Library

Buckfield is a town in Oxford County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, residents lived there in 890 households on an area of ​​97.82 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Buckfield has a total area of ​​97.82 km², of which 97.20 km² is land and 0.62 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Buckfield is east of Oxford County and borders Androscoggin County . The Nezinscot River , a tributary of the Androscoggin River , flows through the area of ​​the town in a southerly direction. Central to the area of ​​the town is the South Pond and the North Pond borders in the north . The surface of the area is hilly, the highest point being the 533 m high Streaked Mountain in the southwest of Buckfield.

geology

The soil is generally deep and dark, well suited for growing grain and corn. There is fine alluvial land along the rivers. In the area of ​​the town there are deposits of hydroxyl herderite and herderite , as well as limestone which can be processed into quicklime of good quality.

Neighboring communities

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

• Northeast: Hartford , 14.0 km
• East: Turner , Androscoggin County, 8.3 mi
• South: Hebron , 3.7 mi
• Southwest: Paris , 9.9 km
• West: West Paris , 14.0 km
• Northwest: Sumner , 9.6 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Buckfield : East Buckfield (formerly Federal Corner ), Buckfield (formerly Record's Mills , Buckfield Mills , Buckfield Village ), North Buckfield, and West Buckfield .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Buckfield is between −7.8 ° C (18  ° F ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° F) in July. This means that the place is around 2 degrees cooler compared to the long-standing mean of Maine. The snowfall between October and May is well over two meters (with a peak in January of almost 50 cm) about twice as high as the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

Buckfield was settled by European immigrants from 1776. The first settlers were Abijah Buck and Thomas Allen with their families. They had given a structure around 1785 the area and in 1788 she and other settlers bought the land from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the price of two shillings per acre . Since Abijah Buck acted as an agent of the settlers, the plantation was initially named Bucktown after him . When the plantation was organized as a town on March 16, 1793, the name changed to Buckfield . A fire in 1816 destroyed part of the town.

To connect Buckfield to the railroad network, the Buckfield Branch Railroad , founded in 1847, built a 20.9 kilometer line, construction of which began in 1848 and which was completed in early 1850. With her, Buckfield was linked to Mechanic Falls . The line is closed today.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Buckfield, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1002	1251	1501	1514	1629	1657	1705	1494	1379	1200
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1139	1087	957	972	903	899	982	929	1333	1566
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1723	2009

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Buckfield, several structures have been listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Churchill Bridge , 1994 under the register no. 94000180.
• Enoch Hall House , 19993 under registration no. 93001431.
• Zadoc Long Free Library , 1994 under the register no. 94000636.
• EC and MI Record Homestead , 2011 under the register no. 11000582.
• Union Church , 1980 under the register no. 80000245.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 140 runs north south. It follows the course of the Nezinscot River to Village Buckfield. There it joins the Maine State Route 117, which runs in a west-east direction and which also follows the course of the Nezinscot River in an easterly direction. Maine State Route 124 branches off from here in a southerly direction .

Public facilities

Buckfield does not have its own hospital or medical facility. The closest are in Rumford, Auburn, Paris and Canton.

The Zadoc Long Free Library was donated by John Davis Long, who made it in memory of his parents Zadoc Long and Julia Temple Davis. Long bought the land on which The Library stands for $ 1.00 in 1900 and hired a friend, architect John Calvin Stevens, to build it. The library was opened in 1901 and received from Long and other family members a base of 3,000 books.

education

Buckfield is part of the Western Foothills Regional School District (RSU # 10) with Hanover, Hartford, Mexico, Roxbury, Rumford and Sumner.

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Buckfield Junior / Senior High School in Buckfield, grades 7 to 12
• Hartford-Sumner Elementary School in Sumner, school classes pre-kindergarten through 6
• Meroby Elementary School in Mexico, school classes pre-kindergarten to 5
• Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico, grades 6 to 8
• Rumford Elementary School in Rumford, school classes pre-kindergarten through 5
• Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, grades 7 through 12

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• John D. Long (1838–1915), politician and governor of the state of Massachusetts, and Secretary of the Navy of the United States
• Virgil D. Parris (1807-1874), politician
• Charles H. Prince (1837–1912), politician
• Albion Woodbury Small (1854-1926), sociologist

Personalities who have worked on site

• Luther Whiting Mason (1818–1896), music teacher

literature

• Alfred Cole, Charles Foster Whitman, Cornell University Library: A history of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the earliest explorations to the close of the year 1900 . Buckfield, Me., 1915, pp. 770 (English).

Web links

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

• Website of Buckfield ( English )
• Buckfield on City-Data.com
• Buckfield on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ^ Buckfield in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 14, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Streaked Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} History of Buckfield, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed December 14, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
6. ^ Buckfield, Oxford County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved December 14, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Buckfield, Maine (ME 04220) 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 14, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
9. ↑ Churchill Bridge 94000180
10. ↑ Enoch Hall House 93001431
11. ↑ Zadoc Long Free Library 94000636
12. ↑ EC and MI Record Homestead 11000582
13. ↑ Union Church 80000245
14. ^ Zadoc Long Free Library. In: wixsite.com. Zadoc Long Free Library, accessed December 14, 2018 . 
15. ^ Maine Area School District 39 School District in Buckfield, ME. | GreatSchools. In: greatschools.org. Retrieved December 14, 2018 .