Dixmont (Maine)

Dixmont
Dixmont Corner Church
Location in Maine
Dixmont
Basic data
Foundation :	February 28, 1807
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Penobscot County
Coordinates :	44 ° 42 ′  N , 69 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 42 ′  N , 69 ° 9 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,181 (as of 2010)
Population density :	12.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	94.35 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 93.99 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	171 m
Postal code :	04932
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-17950
GNIS ID :	0582444
Website :	www.townofdixmont.org

Dixmont is a town in Penobscot County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1181 inhabitants in 557 households on an area of ​​94.35 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Dixmont has a total area of ​​94.35 km², of which 93.99 km² is land and 0.36 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

Dixmont is the most southwestern town in Penobscot County and borders Waldo County to the south . Several small streams flow south through the town, in which there are also some smaller lakes. The surface is rather flat, Mount Harris with 355 m height is the highest point.

Neighboring communities

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

• North-east: Etna , 9.8 km
• East: Newburgh , 6.8 miles
• Southeast: Monroe , Waldo County, 8 mi / 12.9 km
• South: Jackson , Waldo County, 5.7 mi
• West: Troy , Waldo County, 5.5 mi
• Northwest: Plymouth , 7.5 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Dixmont : Collegetown , Dixmont , Dixmont Center , Dixmont Mills , East Dixmont , Huise Corners , North Dixmont , North East Dixmont , Rollins Mills, and Simpson Corners .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Dixmont is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° 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

Dixmont was organized as a town on February 28, 1807. Previously the area was known as Township No. 3, First Range North of Waldo Patent (T3 R1 NWP) or Collegetown or College Township , as the area had been given as a grant to Bowdoin College .

The land was bought by Elijah Dix and later named after him. His son Joseph lived in Hampden, where his daughter Dorothea Lynde Dix , who later became a social reformer and benefactor, was born. Dix sold the land in parcels to the later settlers. Settlement began in 1799.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Dixmont, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents		337	515	945	1498	1605	1442	1309	1132	919
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	843	757	602	538	576	631	551	559	812	1007
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1065	1181

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Dixmont, several structures have been added to the National Register of Historic Places .

• Louis I. Bussey School , 1976 under registration no. 76000108.
• Dixmont Corner Church , 1983 under the register no. 83000468.
• Dixmont Town House , 2014 under the register no. 14000361.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

US Highway 202 runs through Dixmont in a west-east direction . It is crossed by the north-south running Maine State Route 7 and Maine State Route 143 .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Dixmont. Closest facilities for Dixmont residents are in Pittsfield.

Dixmont does not have its own library, the closest being the Simpson Memorial Library in Carmel.

education

Dixmont is part of Regional School Unit 19 with Corinna, 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

• F. Marion Simpson (1854–1932), businessman and politician, State Treasurer of Vermont

Personalities who have worked on site

• Samuel Butman (1788–1864), businessman and politician

literature

• Chase & Co Williams, Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center: History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches . Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co., 1882 (English).

Web links

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

• The community site (English)
• Dixmont on maine.gov
• Dixmont on City-data.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dixmont in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed April 26, 2019
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Mount Harris. In: peakery.com. Retrieved April 26, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Dixmont, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved April 26, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Dixmont, Maine (ME 04932) 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 April 26, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Dixmont. In: maineanencyclopedia.com. 2011, Retrieved April 26, 2019 (American English). 
8. ↑ Chase & Co Williams, p. 325
9. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
10. ↑ Louis I. Bussey School 76000108
11. ↑ Dixmont Corner Church 83000468
12. ↑ Dixmont Town House 14000361
13. ^ Regional School Unit 19. In: rsu19.org. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .