Denmark (Maine)

Denmark
Denmark Municipal Building
Location in Maine
Denmark
Basic data
Foundation :	February 20, 1807
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Oxford County
Coordinates :	44 ° 0 ′  N , 70 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 0 ′  N , 70 ° 49 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,148 (as of 2010)
Population density :	9.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	129.32 km 2  (approx. 50 mi 2 ) of which 119.45 km 2  (approx. 46 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	148 m
Postal code :	04022
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-17250
GNIS ID :	0582438
Website :	www.denmarkmaine.org
View of Pleasant Mountain

Denmark is a town in Oxford County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1148 inhabitants in 1075 households on an area of ​​129.32 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Denmark has a total area of ​​129.32 km², of which 119.45 km² is land and 9.87 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Denmark is located in the southeast of Oxford County and borders on Cumberland County . The Saco River forms the southwestern boundary of the town's area. Its tributaries include the Moose Stream , which is fed from the Moose Pond in the north and also flows through the Little Moose Pond . Centrally located in the area of ​​the town is the Granger Pond , in the south the Waldo Pond and the Hancock Pond and in the northwest of the Pleasant Pond . The surface of the area is hilly, the highest point is the 611 m high Pleasant Mountain in the north of Denmark.

Neighboring communities

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

• Northeast: Bridgton , Cumberland County, 6.1 mi
• Southeast: Sebago , Cumberland County, 11.4 mi
• South: Hiram , 10 miles
• West: Brownfield , 6.8 mi
• Northwest: Fryeburg , 7.7 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Denmark : Denmark (also Denmark Corner, Denmark Corners ), East Denmark , Heads Corner , Ingalls Road (former railway station), Liberty Corner , Perley Mills and West Denmark .

climate

The mean average temperature in Denmark is between −8.3 ° C (17  ° F ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° F) in July. This means that the place is around 2 degrees cooler compared to the long-standing mean of Maine. The snowfall between October and May is well over two meters (with a peak in January of almost 50 cm) about twice as high as the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

Denmark was formed from several grants . One was awarded by the state of Massachusetts to the Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, which was founded in 1792 and is still active as a private high school today. Two others were given to private individuals; these grants also included part of the Town Brownfield. Settlement of the area began around 1789. Many of the first settlers were from Andover, Massachusetts. The area was first named Pequaket after an Indian tribe that settled here. Town Denmark was organized as an independent town on February 20, 1807. She got her first post office in 1819.

Parts of Fryeburg were added in 1813 and Brownfield in 1821 and 1907. Land was given to Sebago in 1830 and Bridgton in 1842. In 1847 part of Denmark was organized together with part of Fryeburg as a separate Town of Texas .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Denmark, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents		436	792	954	1143	1203	1171	1069	904	755
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	634	596	576	474	532	447	376	397	672	855
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1004	1148

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 117 runs from the south through the center of Town. She leaves Denmark in a northeastern direction. Coming from the west, Maine State Route 160 joins Village Denmark on 117.

Public facilities

Denmark does not have its own hospital or medical facility. The closest are in Bridgton and Fryeburg.

In Denmark, the Denmark Public Library is located on East Main Street. It was founded in 1987.

education

Denmark, along with Brownfield, Fryeburg, Lovell, Stoneham, Stow and Sweden, belongs to the Maine School Administrative District 72 .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg, with the school classes Kindergarten to 8th grade
• Brownfield Denmark Elementary School in Denmark, with the school classes Kindergarten to 4th grade
• New Suncook Elementary School in Lowell, with classes from Kindergarten through 4th grade

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Nathaniel Cobb Deering (1827-1887), politician
• Rufus Ingalls (1820-1893), Brigadier General in the US Army
• Hazen S. Pingree (1840–1901), politician and governor of the state of Michigan

Web links

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

• Community website
• Denmark on City-Data.com
• Denmark on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ^ Denmark in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed December 23, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Pleasant Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Denmark, Oxford County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved December 23, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Denmark, Maine (ME 04022) 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 December 23, 2018 . 
7. ^ History of Denmark, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed December 23, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
9. ↑ denmarklibrary. In: wixsite.com. denmarklibrary, accessed December 23, 2018 . 
10. ↑ MSAD 72 School Board - MSAD72. In: msad72.org. Retrieved December 23, 2018 .