Exeter (Maine)

Exeter
Exeter Location in Maine
Basic data
Foundation :	February 16, 1811
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Penobscot County
Coordinates :	44 ° 58 ′  N , 69 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 58 ′  N , 69 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,092 (as of 2010)
Population density :	10.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	99.95 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 99.87 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	142 m
Postal code :	04435
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-24110
GNIS ID :	0582470
Website :	www.townofexetermaine.com

Exeter is a town in Penobscot County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1,092 inhabitants in 491 households on an area of ​​99.95 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Exeter has a total area of ​​99.95 km², of which 99.87 km² is land and 0.08 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

Exeter is in the southwest of Penobscot County. The Kenduskeag Stream flows through the area in an easterly direction, it has several smaller tributaries. There are smaller lakes in the south and west. The surface is flat, without any significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Garland , 13.0 km
• Northeast: Charleston , 9.2 mi
• East: Corinth , 9.2 km
• Southeast: Levant , 13.9 km
• South: Stetson , 6.1 miles
• Southwest: Newport , 8.1 mi
• West: Corinna , 10.8 km
• Northwest: Dexter , 9.3 miles

City structure

There are several residential areas in Exeter : East Exeter , Exeter Center , Exeter Corners , Exeter Mills , French Mill , Hills Corners , Stubbs Corner, and South Exeter .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Exeter ranges from −11.1 ° C (12 ° F ) in January to 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

The area that is now the Town of Exeter was granted in 1793 as a grant to the Marbleheal Academy and surveyed that same year by Ephraiin Ballard and Samuel Weston. It was divided into individual plots by Moses Hodsdon in 1800. In 1801 Lemuel Tozier was the first settler in Exeter. As a plantation, the area was organized under the name Blaisdelltown and organized on February 16, 1811 under the name Exeter as a town. The original name after the survey was Township No. 3, Fourth Range North of Waldo Patent (T3 R4 NWP) or Marblehead Academy Grant .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Exeter, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents			582	1439	2052	1853	1783	1424	1274	939
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	879	888	807	773	751	734	707	663	823	937
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	997	1092

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

To the west, Maine State Route 43 runs centrally through the town's area.

Public facilities

There is a medical facility in Exeter. Other nearest facilities and hospitals for Exeter residents are in Hartland, St. Albans and Dexter.

Exeter does not have its own library. The closest are in Corinna, Corinth and Stetson.

education

Exeter is part of the Maine School Administrative District 46 and AOS 94 with Athens, Brighton Plantation, Dexter, Garland, Harmony and Ripley .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Ridge View Community School in Dexter, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade
• Harmony Elementary School in Harmony, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade
• Athens Community School in Athens, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade
• Dexter Regional High School in Dexter, with classes from 9th to 12th grade

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Exeter in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 12, 2019
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ ^{a b} Exeter, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved May 12, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Exeter, Maine (ME 04435) 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 May 12, 2019 . 
6. ^ History of Exeter, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed May 12, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
8. ^ AOS # 94 - Learning All Ways, Always Learning. In: aos94.org. AOS # 94, accessed May 12, 2019 .