Dover-Foxcroft

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Dover-Foxcroft
Observer building
Observer building
Location in Maine
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Dover-Foxcroft
Dover-Foxcroft
Basic data
Foundation : February 29, 1812
State : United States
State : Maine
County : Piscataquis County
Coordinates : 45 ° 11 ′  N , 69 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 11 ′  N , 69 ° 12 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 4,213 (as of 2010)
Population density : 24 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 184.36 km 2  (approx. 71 mi 2 ) of
which 175.63 km 2  (approx. 68 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 95 m
Postal code : 04426
FIPS : 23-18195
GNIS ID : 0582445
Website : dover-foxcroft.org
Union Square, Dover-Foxcroft, ME.jpg
Union Square, Dover-Foxcroft

Dover-Foxcroft is a town in Piscataquis County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there lived 4213 inhabitants in 2459 households on an area of ​​184.36 km². Dover-Foxcroft is Shire Town in Piscataquis County.

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Dover-Foxcroft has a total area of ​​184.36 km², of which 175.63 km² are land and 8.73 km² are water .

Geographical location

Dover-Foxcroft is located in the south of Piscataquis County on the Piscataquis River , which flows east through the center of the town and borders on Penobscot County . The area is bordered by Sebec Lake to the north and Branns Mill Pond to the south . The surface is slightly hilly and the highest point is the 211 m high Garland Hill , on the eastern border of the town .

Neighboring communities

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

City structure

Dover-Foxcroft has several settlement areas: Dover-Foxcroft , Dover South Mills , East Dover , Goff Corners (Goffs Corner) , Greeley (Greeleys Landing) , Hurd Corner , Merrick Square , Parson Landing , Starbirds (Starbird Siding) , Steadman Landing , South Dover and West Dover .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Dover-Foxcroft is between −11.1 ° C (12 ° F ) in January and 19.4 ° C (67 ° 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

Dover-Foxcroft consists of the two former towns of Dover and Foxcroft.

Dover was bought by Hallowell and Lowell of Boston in 1860 for Charles Vaughn and John Merrick of Hallowell, from which today's titles are derived. Mr. Merrick built a meeting house on Bear Hill in 1836 and donated it to the Methodist Society. The first pioneer in the field was Abel Blood, who acquired a piece of land before 1799, which he and seven other men began to cultivate the following June. The first permanent settlers in Dover were Eli Towne and his family, who settled in 1803. Dover was named Township No. 3, Sixth Range North of Waldo Patent (T3 R6 NWP); Plantation No. 3 and on January 19, 1822 as Town. In that year the first sawmill was built on the moor. A wool spinning mill was built in 1836 on a canal built by Charles Vaughn in 1826. The building is now a listed building as the American Woolen Company Foxcroft Mill . The building of the Piscataquis Observer , formerly the only newspaper in the area, is also a listed building.

The Foxcroft Grant went to Bowdoin College . In 1800 Joseph E. Foxcroft bought it. Two years later, Foxcroft commissioned the construction of a road across the community. The first settlers settled in Foxcroft in 1806. Initially, the area was known as Township No. 5, Seventh Range North of Waldo Patent (T5 R7 NWP), or "one of the Bowdoin College townships" . The area was organized on February 19, 1812 as a town. The first shops were founded in 1813. Foxcroft Academy, a private secondary school, was founded on January 23, 1823 and still exists today as a high school. It was the first school organized in Maine after the state was established.

On March 1, 1922, the towns of Dover and Foxcroft merged to Dover-Foxcroft and the new town became the Shire Town of Piscataquis County. Before that, Dover was Shire Town.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Residents 1042 1597 1927 1970 1983 1687 1942
year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Residents 1889 2091 1979 3750 4015 4218 4173 4178 4323 4657
year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090
Residents 4211 4213

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Dover-Foxcroft, four structures have been listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 6 leads from west to east through the area of Dover-Foxcroft. In the village, Maine State Route 7 and Maine State Route 15 branch off in southern directions.

Public facilities

There are several medical institutions or hospitals in Dover-Foxcroft.

Dover-Foxcroft is home to the Thompson Free Library , which is also available to residents of the surrounding communities. It was founded in 1897. A land donation by the doctor Elbridge A. Thompson made the construction possible.

education

Dover-Foxcroft belongs with Sebec, Monson and Charleston to the Maine School Administrative District 68. The name for the school district is composed of the first letters of the towns: SeDoMoCha

The following schools are offered in the school district:

  • SeDoMoCha Elementary School in Dover-Foxcroft, with school classes from pre-kindergarten to grade 4
  • SeDoMoCha Middle School in Dover-Foxcroft, with school classes from grades 5 to 8
  • Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft, high school since 1823, with grades 9 to 12

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked on site

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dover-Foxcroft in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed December 31, 2019
  2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
  3. ^ Garland Hill. In: peakery.com. Accessed December 31, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
  5. ^ Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed December 31, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Dover-Foxcroft, Maine (ME 04426) 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 31, 2019 .
  7. ^ History of Dover, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed December 31, 2019 .
  8. ^ History of Foxcroft, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed December 31, 2019 .
  9. ^ Dover-Foxcroft - Maine: An Encyclopedia. In: maineanencyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 31, 2019 (American English).
  10. ↑ Population 1830–2010 according to census results
  11. ↑ American Woolen Company Foxcroft Mill 12001068
  12. ^ Chandler-Parsons Blacksmith Shop 89001702
  13. ↑ Observer Building 98000724
  14. ↑ James Sullivan Wiley House 76000111
  15. ^ Thompson Free Library. In: me.us. Thompson Free Library, accessed December 31, 2019 (American English).
  16. ↑ rsu 68. In: sedomocha.org. RSU 68, accessed December 31, 2019 (American English).
Independent parishes in Piscataquis County , Maine, USA:
Towns

Abbot  | Beaver Cove  | Bow bench  | Brownville  | Dover-Foxcroft  | Greenville  | Guilford  | Medford  | Milo  | Monson  | Parkman  | Sangerville  | Sebec  | Shirley  | Wellington  | Willimantic

Plantation

Kingsbury  | Lake View

UTs

Atkinson  | Blanchard  | Southeast Piscataquis  | Northeast Piscataquis  | Northwest Piscataquis