Cornville (Maine)

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Cornville
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Location in Maine
Cornville (Maine)
Cornville
Cornville
Basic data
Foundation : February 24, 1798
State : United States
State : Maine
County : Somerset County
Coordinates : 44 ° 52 ′  N , 69 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 52 ′  N , 69 ° 40 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 1,314 (as of 2010)
Population density : 12.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 106.03 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of
which 105.49 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 133 m
Postal code : 04976
Area code : +1 207
FIPS : 23-14555
GNIS ID : 0579028

Cornville is a town in Somerset County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, there were 1,314 inhabitants in 624 households (in the United States, vacation rentals are also counted as households) on an area of ​​106.03 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Cornville has a total area of ​​106.03 km², of which 105.49 km² is land and 0.54 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Cornville is in the south of Somerset County. The Wesserunsett Stream flows south through the center of the area. To the north is Barker Pond . There are other smaller lakes in the area. The surface is hilly, the centrally located, 259 m high Loomis Hill is the highest point.

Neighboring communities

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

City structure

Cornville has several settlement areas: Cass Corner , Cornville , East Cornville , Gould Corner , Mitchell Corner , Waltons Mill, and West Cornville .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Cornville 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

Cornville was organized as a Town on February 24, 1798. Settlement of the area started as early as the 1790s. Initially, the area was named Township No. 2, First Range North of Plymouth Claim, East of Kennebec River (T2 R1 NPC EKR) and as Bernardstown after Moses Bernard, one of the first owners. It got its name because of the good conditions that the country offers for agriculture, especially for growing maize .

An area of ​​the a-mile-and-a-half-wide strip from the Plymouth Claim to the south was added in 1807. Land was given to Milburn, now Skowhegan, in 1831 and 1833.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Cornville, Maine
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Residents 204 504 652 1104 1140 1260 1141 959 932 785
year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Residents 689 720 637 569 626 563 585 623 838 1008
year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090
Residents 1208 1314


Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Maine State Route 150 runs through Cornville in a north-south direction through the town's area.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Cornville. The closest are in Skowhegan, Madison and Hartland.

Cornville does not have its own library. The closest is in Skowhegan.

education

Cornville is part of the RSU # 54 / MSAD # 54 School District along with Canaan, Mercer, Norridgewock, Skowhegan and Smithfield.

There are several schools in the school district:

  • North Elementary School in Skowhegan, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten
  • Canaan Elementary School in Canaan, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade
  • Mill Stream Elementary School in Norridgewock, with classes from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade
  • Bloomfield Elementary School in Skowhegan, with classes 1 to 3
  • Margaret Chase Smith School in Skowhegan, with grades 4 to 5
  • Marti Stevens Learning Center in Skowhegan
  • Skowhegan Area Middle School in Skowhegan, with grades 6 to 8
  • Skowhegan Area High School in Skowhegan, with grades 9 to 12

Web links

Commons : Cornville, Maine  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Cornville in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed March 20, 2020
  2. Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
  3. Loomis Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
  4. Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
  5. a b c Cornville, Somerset County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
  6. a b Cornville, Maine (ME 04976) 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 20, 2020 .
  7. Cornville - Maine: An Encyclopedia. In: maineanencyclopedia.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020 (American English).
  8. Population 1800–2010 according to census results
  9. Home - RSU / MSAD 54. In: msad54.org. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .