Crystal (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | March 21, 1901 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 59 ′ N , 68 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 269 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 2.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 104.71 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 104.64 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 146 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04747 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-15395 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 00582426 | ||
| Website : | maine.gov | ||
Crystal is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 269 inhabitants in 147 households on an area of 104.7 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Crystal has a total area of 104.71 km², of which 104.74 km² is land and 0.08 km² is water .
Geographical location
Crystal is located on the Crystal Stream, a drain of Crystal Lake, in the southwestern part of Aroostook County and borders on Penobscot County . The Crystal Stream is drained by other smaller rivers that cross the area. The surface of the town is very flat, there are no significant elevations. The southwest is dominated by the Thousand Acre Bog, also known as the Caribou Bog. This wetland is considered of particular ecological importance in the Maine Natural Areas Program .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Hersey , 2.3 miles
- East: Island Falls , 10.9 miles
- South: Sherman , 2.5 mi
- West: Patten , Penobscot County , 9.2 mi / 14.8 km
City structure
There are three settlement areas in Crystal: Belvedere (former railway station), Crystal and Crystal Pit (former railway station).
climate
The mean mean temperature in Crystal 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
The first settler was William Young in 1839, at the time the area was known as Township No. 4 Range 4 . Crystal was officially established as a Plantation on February 21, 1878. It was recognized as a town on March 21, 1901. The population was 275 people in 1880, and there were no major changes in the further course. The average population between 1970 and 2010 was 297 people.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Crystal, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 250 | 275 | 297 | |||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 370 | 502 | 508 | 403 | 346 | 373 | 285 | 281 | 349 | 303 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 285 | 269 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Interstate 95 and US Highway 22 run through the southeast corner of town . These highways give Crystal good transport links to Canada in the north and Bangor and Portland in the south. The Brownville – Saint-Leonard railway runs through Crystal with one stop.
Public facilities
Crystal does not have its own library. The closest is the Sherman Public Library in Sherman.
There is no hospital or medical facility in Crystal. The closest hospital to Crystal and the region is in Patten.
education
Crystal is part of Regional School Unit 50 with Dyer Brook, Hersey, Island Falls, Merrill, Moro Plantation, Mt. Chase, Oakfield, Patten, Sherman, Smyrna, and Stacyville .
The following schools are available to students:
- Katahdin Elementary School (PK-6) in Stacyville
- Katahdin Middle / High School (7-12) in Stacyville
- Southern Aroostook Community Schools (PK-12) in Dyer Brook
literature
- Edward Wiggin: History of Aroostook . tape 1 . The Star-Herald Press, Presque Isle ME 1922, p. 263 ff . ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Crystal on maine.gov
- Data from the 2010 census
- Crystal on City-Data.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Crystal in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 7, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Crystal Bog on Maine's page , accessed April 23, 2015.
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Crystal, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Crystal, Maine (ME 04747) 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 7, 2018 (English).
- ^ Crystal. Maine to Encyclopedia, accessed April 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- ↑ rsu # 50. In: rsu50.org. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
