Crystal (Maine)

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Crystal
Crystal (Maine)
Crystal
Crystal
Location in Maine
Basic data
Foundation : March 21, 1901
State : United States
State : Maine
County : Aroostook County
Coordinates : 45 ° 59 ′  N , 68 ° 22 ′  W 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
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.

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
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

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

Individual evidence

  1. Crystal in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 7, 2018
  2. Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
  3. Crystal Bog on Maine's page , accessed April 23, 2015.
  4. Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
  5. ^ Crystal, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
  6. 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).
  7. ^ Crystal. Maine to Encyclopedia, accessed April 7, 2015 .
  8. Population 1870-2010 according to census results
  9. rsu # 50. In: rsu50.org. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .