Corinna (Maine)

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Corinna
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Location in Maine
Corinna (Maine)
Corinna
Corinna
Basic data
Foundation : December 11, 1816
State : United States
State : Maine
County : Penobscot County
Coordinates : 44 ° 57 ′  N , 69 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 57 ′  N , 69 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2,198 (as of 2010)
Population density : 21.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 102.20 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of
which 100.18 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 101 m
Postal code : 04928
Area code : +1 207
FIPS : 23-14310
GNIS ID : 0582419
Website : corinna.govoffice.com

Corinna is a town in Penobscot County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 2,198 people lived there in 1,075 households on an area of ​​102.20 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Corinna has a total area of ​​102.20 km², of which 100.18 km² is land and 2.02 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Corinna is located in the southwest of Penobscot County, in the west borders Somerset County . The East Branch Sebasticook River flows south through the town . Centrally in the area of ​​the town is the East Branch Sebasticook River Reservoir , in the south the Sebasticook Lake borders and in the northwest the Weymouth Pond . There are other smaller lakes in the Corinna area. 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.

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Corinna: Bonds Corners , Corinna , Corinna Center , Ellis Corner , Jennings Corner , Katen Corner , Knox Hill Corners , Lincoln Mills , Moody , Morse Corners , North Corinna , Owen , Pleasant Vale Corner , Pleasantvale , Spragues Mill and West Corinna .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Corinna is between −11.1 ° C (12 ° F ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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

In 1804 the area was sold to John Warren of Boston by the state of Massachusetts. The town of Corinna was organized as an independent town on December 11, 1816. Previously, the area was named Township No. 4, Fourth Range North of Waldo Patent (T4 R4 NWP) .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Corinna, Maine
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Residents 411 1079 1704 1550 1597 1513 1503 1207
year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Residents 1170 1237 1394 1485 1515 1752 1895 1700 1887 2196
year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090
Residents 2145 2198

Culture and sights

Buildings

A building in Corinna has been added to the National Register of Historic Places .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In Corinna, the north-south running Maine State Route 7 intersects with the west-east running Maine State Route 43 . Maine State Route 222 branches off at the intersection .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Corinna. Closest facilities for Corinna residents are in Pittsfield, St. Albans and Dexter.

The Stewart Free Library is located on Levi Stewart Drive in Corinna.

education

Corinna belongs to Regional School Unit 19 with Dixmont, Etna, Hartland, Newport, Palmyra, Plymouth and St. Albans .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

  • Corinna Elementary School, in Corinna, with school classes from pre-kindergarten to 4th grade
  • Etna-Dixmont School in Etna, with school classes from pre-kindergarten to 8th grade
  • Newport / Plymouth Elementary School in Newport, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade
  • St. Albans Consolidated in St. Albans, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade
  • Somerset Valley Middle School in Hartland, with classes from 5th to 8th grade
  • Sebasticook Middle School in Newport, with classes from 5th to 8th grade
  • Nokomis Regional High in Newport, with school classes from 9th to 12th grade

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

  • Sam Fifield (1839–1915), politician and Lieutenant Governor of the State of Wisconsin

Web links

Commons : Corinna, Maine  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Corinna in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed April 19, 2019
  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 Corinna, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved April 19, 2019 .
  5. a b Corinna, Maine (ME 04928) 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 19, 2019 .
  6. ^ History of Corinna, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed April 19, 2019 .
  7. Population 1820–2010 according to census results
  8. Stewart Free Library 74000190
  9. ^ The Stewart Free Library. In: govoffice.com. corinna.govoffice.com, accessed April 19, 2019 .
  10. ^ Regional School Unit 19. In: rsu19.org. Retrieved April 19, 2019 .