Falmouth (Maine)

Falmouth
Casco Bay
Location in Maine
Falmouth
Basic data
Foundation :	November 12, 1718
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Cumberland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 44 ′  N , 70 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 44 ′  N , 70 ° 17 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	11,185 (as of 2010)
Population density :	147 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	94.1 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 76.1 km 2  (approx. 29 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	33 m
Postal code :	04105
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-24495
GNIS ID :	00582472
Website :	www.falmouthme.org

Falmouth is a town in Cumberland County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 11,185 inhabitants in 4,751 households on an area of ​​94.1 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Falmouth has an area of ​​94.1  km² , of which 76.1 km² consists of land and 18.0 km² of water .

Geographical location

Falmouth is centrally located in Cumberland County, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean . The southeast end of the town, Falmouth Foreside, borders Casco Bay . The area of ​​the town includes Mackworth Island , which is connected to the mainland by a dam, and the islands of Mackay , The Brothers and Clapboard . The highest peaks are Poplar Ridge in the northern part of Falmouth and Black 'Strap Hill. The Presumpscot River , Piscatagua River, East Branch, and Mill Creek flow through the town.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Cumberland , 2.1 miles
• Northeast: Yarmouth with Cousins ​​Island in Casco Bay, 8.2 miles
• East: Chebeague Island in Casco Bay, 13.5 mi
• Southeast: Long Island at Casco Bay, 8.5 mi
• South: Portland , 7.1 mi
• Southwest: Westbrook , 8.5 km
• West: Windham , 9 miles

City structure

Falmouth is divided into several settlements: Blackstrap , Falmouth (formerly Falmouth Corners), Falmouth Foreside , Mackworth Point (Mackeys Point, Menickoe Point), New Casco (former post office), North Falmouth , Pleasant Hill , Presumpscot (also Presumpscot Falls; a former Village, presumably the same settlement also called Casco Mill ), West Falmouth Corner and West Falmouth Station .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Falmouth ranges from −6.1 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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 town was founded as the 7th Town in the Province of Maine on November 12, 1718. It was named after the port of the same name in Falmouth in England. Originally the town reached from the Spurwink River to North Yarmouth and eight miles into the hinterland. This area included the present-day towns of Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Westbrook, Decring and Portland. Thus the history of Falmouth is closely linked to the history of Portland.

A first settlement in Falmouth took place in 1632 in Falmouth Foreside by Arthur Mackworth. He received a grant for 202 hectares (500 ac ) from Ferdinando Gorges . Mackworth was a very respected settler from the very beginning who worked for many years in the administration of the area. The island across from his house has since borne his name, Mackworth Island, and is connected to the mainland by a causeway.

Fort New Casco around 1705

The eastern side of the Presumpscot Basin is of great historical importance. The Presumpscot River settlements were among the first to be attacked. Thomas Wakely's family, consisting of nine people who settled far away from others, was executed with great brutality. Only a girl of fourteen could escape the massacre. She was captured. The Old Neck fortress and settlement in Portland was destroyed by the Indians in 1690 and in 1698 the fort and trading house were built on this site to accommodate the Indians on the basis of the latest treaties. The place was called New Casco, to distinguish it from the place where Fort Loyal had stood, which was now called Old Casco.

In 1703, Governor Joseph Dudley held a conference with the Indians. Well-armed and brightly painted, a large number of warriors from the various tribes of Maine appeared at the conference. The Arosaguntacook came with over 250 warriors in 65 canoes. The chiefs declared peace and the warriors celebrated it in a demonstrative manner. But within two months all settlements were attacked. During this war , New Casco was a defense center for the settlements on Casco Bay. An attack was carried out by 500 French and Indians and it was only possible to force the Indians to retreat through the timely arrival of an armed ship in the province. In 1716, the fortress was demolished on behalf of the Massachusetts governor to save the cost of maintaining a garrison on the site.

In 1735 the residents of New Casco filed a petition in favor of a preacher and another in 1752 to establish an independent congregation. The parish was founded in December 1753 and the church in 1754.

In Falmouth there were brickworks in several places, meal and flour was ground in West Falmouth and New Casco, carriages, boots, shoes and tin goods were produced at Presumpscot Falls. Hubs, spokes, carriages, bricks and wood in West Falmouth.

In 1996 a message in a bottle reached Falmouth, which was thrown into victory at Hennef in 1993 . As the most impossible message in a bottle , it received an entry in the Guinness Book of Records in 1998 .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Falmouth, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										2994
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	3422	4105	1679	1966	2071	2157	1935	1730	1622	1580
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1511	1488	1542	2041	2883	4342	5976	6291	6853	7610
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	10310	11185

Culture and sights

Buildings

Baxter Summer Home

One district and seven buildings are listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

as a district

• Norton House Historic District , incorporated in 2004, Register No. 03001501

further structures

• Baxter Summer Home , recorded 1985, register no. 85003155
• Falmouth High School , incorporated in 2016, Register No. 15000967
• Falmouth House , recorded 1976, register no. 76000091
• Hall's Tavern , recorded 1978, register no. 78000172
• Payson House at Thornhurst , recorded 2005, register no. 05000057
• Elisha Purington House , recorded 1985, register no. 85000271
• Thomas Skelton House , recorded 1973, register no. 73000124

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Interstate 95 of the Maine Turnpike runs north-south through the west of the area . Maine State Route 100 runs parallel to the interstate . Along the coast, through the east of the town, Interstate 295 also runs in a north-south direction. US Highway 1 runs parallel to this interstate .

Falmouth is on the route of the Grand Trunk Railway and the Maine Central Railroad .

Public facilities

There are several medical facilities in Falmouth that are also contact points for residents of the surrounding areas as medical facilities. Other hospitals can be found in Portland and Yarmouth.

Falmouth has its own library. The Falmouth Memorial Library is located at 5 Lunt Road in Falmouth.

education

Falmouth has an elementary school , a middle school and a high school .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• William Cranch Bond (1789-1859), astronomer
• Daniel Ilsley (1740-1813), politician
• Judith Fergin (* 1951), diplomat
• Scott Wilson (1870–1942), judge and politician

Personalities who have worked on site

• Oakley C. Curtis (1865-1924), politician
• Gary Merrill (1915–1990), actor
• Joan Whitney Payson (1903–1975), art collector, patron, and entrepreneur
• Olympia Snowe (* 1947), politician

Web links

Commons : Falmouth, Maine  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Homepage Falmouth
• Falmouth administrative records on the official Maine State websites

Individual evidence

1. ^ Falmouth in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 10, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} History of Falmouth, Maine From A Gazetteer of the State of Maine by Geo. J. Varney edited by BB Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston 1886
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ Falmouth, Cumberland County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed March 10, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Falmouth, Maine (ME 04105) 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 March 10, 2018 (English). 
7. ^ ^{A b c} A History and Description of New England, General and Local by Austin Jacobs Coolidge, John Brainard Mansfield
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ Falmouth Memorial Library. In: falmouthmemoriallibrary.org. Retrieved March 10, 2018 (American English). 
10. ↑ Schools in Falmouth ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the town's homepage