Caratunk
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | October 10, 1977 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Somerset County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 13 ′ N , 69 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 582 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 4.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 143.15 km 2 (approx. 55 mi 2 ) of which 135.46 km 2 (approx. 52 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 73 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04925 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-10495 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582388 | ||
Caratunk is a town in Somerset County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 69 people lived there in 211 households (in the United States vacation rentals are also counted as households) on an area of 143.15 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Caratunk has a total area of 143.15 km², of which 135.46 km² is land and 7.69 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
Caratunk is centrally located in Somerset County. The Kennebec River forms the western border of the area and flows south. Pleasant Pond borders in the north . There are other lakes in the area, such as Baker Pond to the east. The surface is hilly, with the centrally located 893 m high Moxie Mountain being the highest point.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: The Forks , 6.1 mi
- East: Northeast Somerset , Unorganized Territory , 18.2 mi
- South: Moscow , 8.7 km
- Southwest: Pleasant Ridge Plantation , 8.9 mi
- West: Northwest Somerset , Unorganized Territory, 22 mi
City structure
There are two settlement areas in Caratunk : Caratunk and Pleasant Pond .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Caratunk is between -11.1 ° C (12 ° 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
Caratunk was organized as a town on October 14, 1877. Previously the area was organized as Caratunk Plantation in 1840 and again in 1893 to give residents the right to vote. Another confirmation took place in 1903 for tax reasons. Even before the area was organized, the 1790 census counted a total of 105 inhabitants. The origin of the name is not clear. A statement says the name came from "scraped field" (dt. Been tarnished field ), another explanation attributes the name back to the expression in Abenaki for "crooked stream" (dt. Curved current ).
Before the area was organized, it was named Township No. 1, Third Range Bingham's Kennebec Purchase, East of Kennebec River (T1 R3 BKP EKR) or also called Spaulding .
The Appalachian Trail continues through the northeast and northwest parts of town to the Forks and Pleasant Pond.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Caratunk, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 47 | 214 | 173 | 192 | ||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 218 | 235 | 193 | 169 | 133 | 96 | 90 | 96 | 84 | 98 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 108 | 69 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
US Highway 201 runs through Caratunk in a north-south direction parallel to the Kennebec River.
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities in Caratunk. The closest are in Bingham.
Caratunk does not have its own library. The closest are in Bingham, Monson and Solon.
education
Caratunk is part of the MSAD 13 school district with Bingham, Moscow and West Forks .
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Moscow Elementary School in Moscow
- Upper Kennebec Valley Jr / Sr High School in Bingham
Web links
- Caratunk on maine.gov (English)
- Caratunk on City-data.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Caratunk in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed March 19, 2020
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ^ Moxie Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ a b c Caratunk, Somerset County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Caratunk, Maine (ME 04925) 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 March 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Katherine Stevens Campbell says: Caratunk - Maine: An Encyclopedia. In: maineanencyclopedia.com. Retrieved March 19, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Population 1850-2010 according to census results
- ↑ Home. In: sad13.org. sad13, accessed March 19, 2020 .
