Burnham (Maine)

Burnham
Burnham Location in Maine
Basic data
Foundation :	February 4, 1824
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Waldo County
Coordinates :	44 ° 41 ′  N , 69 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 41 ′  N , 69 ° 23 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,164 (as of 2010)
Population density :	11.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	106.76 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of which 100.72 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	60 m
Postal code :	04922
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-09270
GNIS ID :	0582379
Website :	burnham-maine.us

Burnham is a town in Waldo County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1164 inhabitants in 714 households on an area of ​​106.76 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Burnham has a total area of ​​106.76 km², of which 100.72 km² are land and 6.03 km² are water .

Geographical location

Burnham is in the northwest of Waldo County and is bordered by Somerset County to the northwest and Kennebec County to the southwest. The Sebasticook River flows south through the town. It forms part of its western border, but there is an area centrally located west of the Sebasticook River. Unity Pond borders the area in the southeast . The surface is flat, without any significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Pittsfield , Somerset County 9 mi
• Northeast: Detroit , Somerset County, 7.1 mi
• East: Troy , 6.6 mi
• South: Unity , 8.3 mi
• Southwest: Unity, Kennebec County , Unorganized Territory , Kennebec County, 4.7 mi
• West: Clinton , Kennebec County, 10 mi

City structure

Burnham has several residential areas: Burnham , Burnham Junction , Burnham Village , Dodge Corner , Oakwood , Reynolds Corner , Twitchell Corner, and Winnecook .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Burnham ranges from -7.8 ° C (18  ° F ) in January to 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

Burnham was organized as a town on February 4, 1824. The area had previously been organized as a Twenty-five Mile Pond Plantation . As early as 1804, the Town Unity was organized from the Plantation area. In 1873, the Clinton Gore area west of the Sebasticook River was added to the Town area.

In Burnham met a railway line of the Maine Central Railroad (MEC) with the route of the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad (B&ML) and a never completed extension of the route of the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway (WW&F). Today, the Cumberland Center – Bangor line , built by the Maine Central Railroad or its predecessors, is operated by Pan Am Railways in freight traffic . The railway line Burnham Junction Belfast of B&ML is now owned by the state of Maine, but without train traffic. The WW&F Wiscasset – Burnham railway was extended to near Burnham at the beginning of the 20th century, but was never operated regularly. The rest of the WW&F line was shut down in 1933 and dismantled soon after.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Burnham, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents				409	602	784	857	788	967	846
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	766	733	643	664	643	706	755	802	951	961
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1142	1164

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Burnham, a building has been listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Springdale Farm , 2000 under the registration no. 00000374.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Interstate 95 runs north-south through the part of the Town, the west of the Sebstcook Rivers is just like the Maine's 100 .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Burnham. The closest are in Pittsfield and Waterville.

There is no library in Burnham. The closest is in Pittsfield and Unity.

education

Burnham belongs to the Maine School Administrative District # 53 with Pittsfield and Detroit.

There are several schools in the school district:

• Manson Park School in Pittsfield, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten
• Vickery School in Pittsfield, with grades 1 to 4
• Warsaw Middle School in Pittsfield, with grades 5 to 8
• Alternative education is offered as an alternative to high school

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Burnham, in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 13, 2020
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. ↑ ^{a b} Burnham, Waldo County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved June 13, 2020 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Burnham, Maine (ME 04922) 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 13, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Population 1830–2010 according to census results
7. ↑ Springdale Farm 00000374
8. ^ MSAD # 53. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed June 13, 2020 . 

Web links

• Community website
• Burnham on City.com
• Burnham on my.gov