Durham (Maine)

Durham
Union Church (2014)
Location in Maine
Durham
Basic data
Foundation :	February 17, 1798
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Androscoggin County
Coordinates :	43 ° 58 ′  N , 70 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 58 ′  N , 70 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	3,848 (as of 2010)
Population density :	38.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	101.11 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 99.14 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	53 m
Postcodes :	04032
FIPS :	23-19105
GNIS ID :	00582448
Website :	www.durhamme.com

Durham is a town in Androscoggin County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there lived 3848 inhabitants in 1548 households on an area of ​​101.1 km² (according to the 2010 census).

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Durham has a total area of ​​101.11 km², of which 99.14 km² is land and 1.97 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Durham is located in the southeast of Androscoggin County and is bordered by Cumberland County to the south and east . In the north the area of ​​the town is bounded by the Androscoggin River , in the south of the town is the Runaround Pond . Several smaller streams flow northwards into the Androscoggin River. The surface of the town is rather flat, without any major elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Lisbon , 3.5 mi
• East: Brunswick , 10.3 miles
• South: Freeport , 3.7 mi
• Southwest: Pownal , 6.6 km
• West: New Gloucester , 11.9 miles
• Northwest: Auburn , 9 mi

City structure

There are two major settlements in Durham, South West Bend in the center and Plumber Mill east of it . Other settlements are Bowie Hill , Crossman Corner , Shiloh , South Durham and West Durham .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Durham ranges from −6.1 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 21.7 ° C (71 ° 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. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

The town was founded under the name Royalsborough after David Dunning bought six square miles of land for £ 33 on November 14, 1761 for the purpose. The city was then named after Isaac Royal , a British general. The actual settlement of the site did not begin until a few years after the land was purchased. A miller named Samuel Gerrish is considered to be the first settler in 1769. The area was then forested and had to be cleared before houses and roads could be built. In 1776 there were 25 settlers in what is now Durham. In 1778 Durham received its town charter under its current name. At that time around 700 people in 70 families lived there.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Durham, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										724
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1242	1772	1562	1731	1836	1886	1623	1350	1253	1111
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1230	1625	1144	806	784	1050	1086	1264	2074	2842
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	3381	3848

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Durham, four buildings have been listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

• Bagley-Bliss House , recorded 1996, register no. 96000242
• Nathaniel Osgood House , recorded 1985, register no. 85000608
• Union Church , recorded in 2001, register no. 01000810
• West Durham Methodist Church , incorporated in 2003, register no. 03000291

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 136 leads north to south of Auburn in the north, initially along the Androscoggin River then to Freeport in the south. Coming from Pownal in the southwest, Maine State Route 9 runs northeast to Lisbon Falls. The Maine State Route 125 runs through the east of the town, also in a north-south direction . The Interstate 295 runs just outside the eastern boundary of the Town.

Public facilities

There is no hospital of its own in Durham. The closest hospitals are in Freeport, Brunswick and Lisbon.

education

Durham is part of Regional School Unit 5 with Freeport and Pownal . Durham is home to the Durham Community School , a community school with classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade.

The following schools are available in the school district:

• Freeport High School in Freeport (9th to 12th grade)
• Freeport Middle School in Freeport (6th to 8th school year)
• Mast Landing School in Freeport (3rd to 5th grade)
• Morse Street School in Freeport (Preschool)
• Durham Community School in Durham (pre-kindergarten through 8th grade)
• Pownal Elementary School in Pownal (pre-kindergarten through 5th grade)

Durham does not have its own library. The closest libraries are in Freeport and Lisbon Falls.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Nelson Dingley (1832–1899), politician and Governor of Maine from 1874 to 1876

Personalities who have worked on site

• Stephen King (* 1947) spent part of his childhood in Durham. Stephen King's House of Doom was inspired by a haunted house in Durham .

literature

• Everett S. Stackpole: History of Durham, Maine . Press of Lewiston Journal Company, Lewiston ME 1899 ( digitized ).

Web links

Commons : Durham, Maine  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Varney, George J. (1886): Gazetteer of the state of Maine . Durham
• Durham on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maine zip code list on maine.com ( Memento from March 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Durham in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed on 27 December 2017
3. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ Durham, Androscoggin County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed February 4, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Durham, Maine (ME 04222) 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 27, 2017 (English). 
7. ↑ Getting Settled. (No longer available online.) Town of Durham, archived from the original on June 13, 2015 ; accessed on April 7, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Getting Organized. (No longer available online.) Town of Durham, archived from the original on September 12, 2015 ; accessed on April 7, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
10. ^ Home - Regional School Unit 5. In: rsu5.org. Retrieved December 27, 2017 (English). 
11. ^ Home - Durham Community School. In: rsu5.org. Retrieved December 27, 2017 (English). 
12. ↑ Biography on stephenking.com, accessed April 6, 2015.