Eustis (Maine)

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Eustis
Ora Blanchard House
Ora Blanchard House
Location in Maine
Eustis (Maine)
Eustis
Eustis
Basic data
Foundation : March 30, 1857
State : United States
State : Maine
County : Franklin County
Coordinates : 45 ° 11 ′  N , 70 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 11 ′  N , 70 ° 6 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 618 (as of 2010)
Population density : 6.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 107.43 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of
which 101.35 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 352 m
Postal code : 04936
Area code : +1 207
FIPS : 23-24005
GNIS ID : 0582469
Website : maine.gov

Eustis is a town in Franklin County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 618 people lived there in 313 households on an area of ​​107.43 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Eustis has a total area of ​​107.43 km², of which 101.35 km² is land and 6.08 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Eustis is centrally located in east Franklin County, on the border with Somerset County . The Flagstaff Lake , an artificial lake, located in the southeast of the Town. From the south the South Branch of the Dead River flows into Flagstaff Lake and from the north the North Branch of the Dead River . Flagstaff Lake drains over the Dead River , which flows into the Kennebec River . The surface of the area is hilly, the highest point is the 555 m high Reed Hill in the west of Eustis. To the east, the town is bordered by Bigelow Preserve in Somerset County .

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 Eustis : Eustis , Stratton and Tim Pond (former location of a post office).

climate

The mean mean temperature in Eustis is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 16.7 ° C (62 ° Fahrenheit) 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

The southern half of the town was granted through a grant from the Massachusetts Bath Academy Association. Gilman and Redington acquired this from Waterville. The first settler in the area was Caleb Stevens from New Hampshire with his wife and nine children. More settlers followed. The grant was sold to Captain Pettingill and Colonel Herrick of Lewiston. After further sales, Gibson, Fogg and Company of Fairfield acquired the grant. The northern half of Eustice was acquired by Clark of Massachusetts in 1831. The former governor Abner Coburn later bought the land together with his brothers.

The first organization of the area took place in 1840 in the form of a plantation under the name of Hanover. Together with all other inhabited areas, Hanover was also combined to form Plantation Jackson. After a law of the Maine Legislature in 1857 forbade the organization of more than one township in a plantation, the area of ​​the original Township No. 1, 4th rank, was renamed under the name Eustis independently of the others on March 30, 1857 Organized in honor of the previous owner of the northern half as Plantation, Charles Eustis. On February 18, 1871, this was transferred to the organizational form Town.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Eustis, Maine
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Residents 342 302 321
year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Residents 436 508 589 601 707 763 666 595 582 616
year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090
Residents 685 618

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Ora Blanchard House was placed under monument protection in 1980 and under the register no. 80000215 inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 27 runs along the Flagstaff Lakes in north-south direction. It connects Eustis with the Canadian border in the north and with Farmington and US Highway 2 in the south . Maine State Route 16 joins her in the south .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Eustis. The closest are in Kingfield, Bingham and Rangeley.

Eustis has his own library, the Stratton Public Library . It's located on Main Street in Village Stratton.

education

Eustis left the MSAD58 School District in 2013 . Since then, school education in Eustis has been organized by the Eustis School Department. Stratton Elementary School is attended by school children from the town and surrounding areas. The closest high school is Mt. Abram High School.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Eustis in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed April 22, 2018
  2. Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
  3. ^ Reed Hill. In: peakery.com. Accessed April 22, 2018 .
  4. Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
  5. Eustis, Franklin County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed April 22, 2018 .
  6. Eustis, Maine (ME 04936) 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 April 22, 2018 (English).
  7. a b History of Eustis, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed April 22, 2018 .
  8. Population 1870-2010 according to census results
  9. NATIONAL REGISTER DIGITAL ASSETS 80000215 ( English ) National Park Services. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  10. ^ Stratton Public Library Homepage. In: me.us. www.stratton.lib.me.us, accessed April 22, 2018 .
  11. School History | Stratton School. In: strattonschool.org. Retrieved April 22, 2018 (American English).