Castle Hill (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | February 25, 1903 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 43 ′ N , 68 ° 13 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 425 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 4.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 93.6 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 92.4 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 265 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04757 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-11300 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582397 | ||
| Website : | mapleton.me/ | ||
Castle Hill is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 425 inhabitants in 211 households on an area of 93.6 km². The towns of Castle Hill, Mapletown and Chapman have made an agreement for joint management of their towns. The common administration of the towns is in Mapletown. Castle Hill and Mapletown have been working together since 1947 and Chapman joined in 1974.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Castle Hill has an area of 93.6 km² , 92.4 km² of which consists of land and 1.2 km² of water .
Geographical location
Castle Hill is in the middle of Aroostook County. The Aroostook River flows through the north of the town. There are several smaller rivers that flow north into the Aroostook River, but there are also others that flow south. There are no lakes in the town area. The surface is rather flat, but in a north-south direction some elevations run centrally through the area. The highest point is the 385 m high Pyle Mountain .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Wade , 4.7 km
- Northeast: Washburn , 8.4 mi
- East: Mapleton , 8 miles
- Southeast: Chapman , 7.9 mi
- Southwest: Ashland , 11.2 mi
In the south and north-west of Castle Hills are areas that are not intended for settlement and are not subject to any administration. However, they are subdivided into systematic parcels for later use or for major projects (e.g. the laying of high-voltage lines from power plants). To the south is the Unorganized Territory Central Aroostook and to the northwest is Northwest Aroostook .
City structure
In the area of Town Castle Hill there is only one settlement with the same name.
climate
The mean mean temperature at Castle Hill is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 10 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. At over five and a half meters, the snowfalls between October and May are almost 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
On April 23, 1866 organized as Castle Hill Plantation what the area previously known as Township No. 12, Range 4 , the settlement was named a town on February 25, 1903. The area was settled along the old State Route that connected Ashland with Presque Isle . The first settler to settle here was Jabez Trask, a former general in the militia in 1843.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Castle Hill, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 237 | 419 | 537 | |||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 567 | 532 | 571 | 617 | 697 | 581 | 554 | 519 | 509 | 449 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 454 | 425 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Maine State Route 227 runs through the city from Ashland to Presque Isle . The city never had a railway connection. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is in Presque Isle .
Public facilities
Castle Hill does not have its own library, the Ashland Community Library in Ashland is the closest library.
There is no hospital in Castle Hill. The closest hospitals to residents of this area are in Caribou and Presque Isle.
education
Castle Hill belongs to the Maine School Administrative District # 1 with Presque Isle, Mapleton, Chapman and Westfield .
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Zippel Elementary School in Presque Isle
- Mapleton Elementary School in Mapleton
- Pine Street Elementary School in Presque Isle
- Presque Isle Middle School in Presque Isle
- Presque Isle High School in Presque Isle
- Presque Isle Regional Career & Technical Center in Presque Isle
literature
- Edward Wiggin: History of Aroostook . tape 1 . The Star-Herald Press, Presque Isle ME 1922, p. 298 ff . ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Castle Hill homepage
- Castle Hill (Maine) on city-data.com
- George J. Varney: Castle Hill Plantation. in: Gazetteer of the state of Maine. Boston: Russell, 1886.
- Castle Hill on maine.gov
Individual evidence
- ^ Castle Hill in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 6, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Interlocal Agreement. In: mapleton.me. Retrieved January 6, 2018 (UK English).
- ^ Pyle Mountain . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Castle Hill, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Castle Hill, Maine (ME 04757) 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 January 6, 2018 (English).
- ↑ city-data.com
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- Jump up ↑ Home - Maine School Administrative District # 1. In: sad1.org. Maine School Administrative District # 1, accessed January 6, 2018 (American English).
