Carthage (Maine)

Carthage
Historical Society of Carthage
Location in Maine
Carthage
Basic data
Foundation :	February 20, 1826
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 37 ′  N , 70 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 37 ′  N , 70 ° 25 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	560 (as of 2010)
Population density :	6.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	86.66 km 2  (approx. 33 mi 2 ) of which 86.32 km 2  (approx. 33 mi 2 ) is land
Postal code :	04224
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-10915
GNIS ID :	0582393
Website :	maine.gov

Carthage is a town in Franklin County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 560 people lived there in 223 households on an area of ​​86.66 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Carthage has a total area of ​​86.66 km², of which 86.32 km² is land and 0.34 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

Carthage is located in southwest Franklin County. The Webb River flows south through the town, from Webb Lake in the north to the Androscoggin River , into which it flows, in the south. The town lies in a valley between hills and mountains. In the eastern ridge of the hill is the 783 m high Saddleback Mountain, the highest mountain in the area. Halfmoon Pond borders in the southwest and Podunk Pond in the east .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Weld , 2.5 mi
• East: South Franklin , Unorganized Territory , 5.2 mi
• Southeast Wilton , 11.9 mi
• South: Dixfield , Oxford County , 2.6 mi
• Southwest: Mexico , Oxford County, 5.4 mi
• Northwest: Roxbury , Oxford County, 12.3 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Carthage: Berry Mills (Berry's Mills) , Carthage , South Carthage (formerly a post office) and Tainter Corner .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Carthage is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.0 ° C (628 ° Fahrenheit) 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 first settlers in the town were William Bowley and Mr. Winter. Bowley built Boley's Mills on the Webb River . On February 20, 1826, the area was organized as a town. Previously it was known as Plantation Number 4 Abbott's Purchase . Samuel Adams divided the area into parcels in 1803. Carthage was named after Carthage in North Africa.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Carthage, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents				333	522	420	503	486	507	390
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	334	292	282	247	281	339	370	354	438	458
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	520	560

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Carthage, the John G. Coburn Farm was listed as a historic monument in 2002 and included in the National Register of Historic Places .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

US Highway 2 runs through the southeast corner of the area and Maine State Route 142 runs north-south through Carthage.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Carthage. The closest are in Dixfield, Rumford and Farmington.

Carthage does not have its own library. The closest is in Dixfield.

education

Carthage belongs to the Western Foothills Regional School District (RSU # 10) with Buckfield, Hanover, Mexico, Roxbury, Rumford and Sumner .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Buckfield Junior / Senior High School in Buckfield
• Hartford-Sumner Elementary School in Sumner
• Meroby Elementary School in Mexico
• Mountain Valley High School in Rumford
• Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico
• Pennacook Learning Center in Rumford
• Rumford Elementary Schoo in Rumford

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Hiram Pitt Bennet (1826–1914), politician

Web links

Commons : Carthage, Maine  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Carthage on maine.gov
• Carthage on City-data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Carthage in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed April 3, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Saddleback Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved April 3, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Carthage, Franklin County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved April 3, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Carthage, Maine (ME 04224) 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 April 3, 2018 (English). 
7. ^ History of Carthage, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed April 3, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Population 1830–2010 according to census results
9. ↑ Home . In: Regional School Unit # 10 . ( rsu10.org ).