Fort Kent

Fort Kent
Former railroad station
Location in Maine
Fort Kent
Basic data
Foundation :	February 23, 1869
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Aroostook County
Coordinates :	47 ° 14 ′  N , 68 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 14 ′  N , 68 ° 34 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	4,097 (as of 2010)
Population density :	29.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	143.4 km 2  (approx. 55 mi 2 ) of which 140.3 km 2  (approx. 54 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	186 m
Postcodes :	04743, 04744
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-25755
GNIS ID :	0582477
Website :	www.fortkent.org fortkent.org

Fort Kent is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 4097 inhabitants lived there on an area of ​​140.3 km². Fort Kent is right on the border with Canada .

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of ​​143.4 km²; 140.3 km² of this is on land and 3.1 km² on water .

Geographical location

Fort Kent lies on the south bank of the Saint John River , which forms the border with Canada here. The outflow of Eagle Lake , the Fish River , flows into the Saint John River at Fort Kent. Several smaller rivers run through the area of ​​the town, on which there are only a few, small lakes. The surface of the town is hilly and the highest point is the 436 m high Bossy Mountain in the west of the town.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Clair , New Brunswick , Canada , 2.7 mi
• East: Frenchville , 11.7 miles
• Southeast: New Canada , 5.8 mi
• Southwest: Wallagrass , 6.3 km
• West: St. John Plantation , 12 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in the area of ​​the Town of Fort Kent: Bradburys (Bradbury), Fort Kent , Fort Kent Mills , Ledges (former railroad station), Michigan Settlement , Pierre (former railroad station), Robbins (former railroad station) and Violette Settlement .

climate

Fort Kent, Maine
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     61   -7 -20     50   -4 -19     60   2 -12     65   9 -3     76   17th 3     94   23 9     109   25th 12     100   24 10     91   19th 6th     86   12 0     80   4th -5     75   -4 -15 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: www.weatherbase.com

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Fort Kent, Maine Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -6.6 -4.4 1.6 8.5 17.3 22.7 25.1 24.1 18.8 11.8 3.7 -3.8 O 10 Min. Temperature (° C) -19.6 -19.0 -12.0 -3.4 3.2 8.8 11.8 10.4 5.8 0.4 -5.1 -14.6 O −2.7 Precipitation ( mm ) 61 50 60 65 76 94 109 100 91 86 80 75 Σ 947 Rainy days ( d ) 10 8th 9 9 11 12 13 12 11 12 11 11 Σ 129 Source: www.weatherbase.com

The mean average temperature in Fort Kent is between −14.4 ° C in January and 17.7 ° C in July. Compared to the long-term mean, the place is about 5.5 degrees cooler in winter and about 0.8 degrees cooler in summer than the mean for the state of Maine. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA. In the winter season between October and April, an average of 240.5 cm of snow falls, with the peak values ​​being 52.3 cm in December and 53.6 cm in January.

history

Fort Kent was incorporated into the town on February 23, 1869 from the two Plantations D'Aigle and Fort Kent Plantation. Fort Kent was named after the governor of Maine Edward Kent . The Fort Kent blockhouse was built between 1838 and 1840 to secure the border with Canada.

St. Louis Catholic Church was built in 1860 and was the first religious building in Fort Kent. Due to the strong growth of the local parish, the previous building was no longer sufficient, was demolished and replaced by a larger church building, consecrated in 1882. This too only lasted a few years until it fell victim to a fire in 1907. Just two years later, the construction of a new church building in Gothic style began, which was completed in 1911. In 1951, when the building was being renovated, colored glass lancet windows were installed to represent St. Louis, the patron saint of the church.

Fort Kent is home to the campus of the University of Maine at Fort Kent, which was founded in 1878 and has around 1,100 students, as well as an Olympic biathlon training center. Fort Kent is home to the 10th Mountain Center , one of two biathlon facilities of the Maine Winter Sports Center with FIS and IBU licenses. Numerous North American biathlon championships have already been held there. Fort Kent is also the site of an annual Canadian-American dog sled race. Economic life in the small town is determined by agriculture, in particular potato cultivation and forestry, as well as companies from the textile industry . In the border town which runs from here to the south end US Highway 1 , just as the canoe trail Northern Forest Canoe Trail .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Fort Kent, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents								1034	1512	1826
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	2528	3710	4237	4726	5363	5343	4761	4575	4826	4268
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	4233	4097

Culture and sights

Economically and culturally, Fort Kent is closely linked to the Canadian cities of Clair and Saint-François-de-Madawaska , both in Madawaska County in New Brunswick on the other side of the Saint John River. While French is taught in schools on the Canadian side of the water , English is the standard language on the American side . Nevertheless, 62 percent of Fort Kent's residents speak French habitually, although this is known as Valley French in the Saint John River valley and its dialect differs considerably from standard French . Many residents of the city and region hold dual US-Canadian citizenship .

Buildings

Fort Kent log cabin

Three buildings in Fort Kent are listed buildings and have been added to the National Register of Historic Places .

The Fort Kent Blockhouse is a holdover from the time the United States was built . It was built in 1839 to secure the state border during the so-called Aroostook Wars (1838–1839), a non-violent border conflict between the USA and British North America . It is now designated a National Historic Site , was listed as a Historic Monument in 1969, and was entered on the National Register of Historic Places with register number 69000005. It can be visited.

In 1989 the Fort Kent Railroad Station , built in 1902 by the Fish River Railroad , a company that operated the route until 1979, was added under the registration number 89000249. Today the station is a museum and is operated by the Fort Kent Historical Society .

The Jean-Baptiste Daigle House was built around 1840 and is a rare example of an Acadian log home and the only one that is still close to its original location. It was built by father and son, both called Jean-Baptiste Daigle, and was moved a few meters shortly after it was built. It was recorded in 2013 under the register number 13000833.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Northernmost point of Highway 1

Fort Kent is the northern start or end point of US Highway 1 , which connects Fort Kent with Key West , Florida . The Maine State Route 161 runs east to west and from the south crosses the 11 Maine State Route .

Public facilities

Fort Kent has its own library. The Fort Kent Public Library .

Fort Kent has a private hospital, the Northern Maine Medical Center .

education

Fort Kent is part of the Maine School Administrative District # 27 with Allagash, Eagle Lake, New Canada, Saint Francis, Saint John Plantation, Wallagrass and the Winterville Plantation .

There are several schools in the school district for school children:

• Community High School in Fort Kent
• Eagle Lake Elementary School in Eagle Lake
• Fort Kent Elementary School in Fort Kent
• Saint Francis Elementary School in Saint Francis
• Wallagrass Elementary School in Wallagrass

literature

• Edward Wiggin: History of Aroostook . tape 1 . The Star-Herald Press, Presque Isle ME 1922, p. 167 ff . ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Fort Kent, Maine  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website (English)
• University of Maine at Fort Kent (English)
• Administrative data on Fort Kent on maine.gov (English)
• Fort Kent on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fort Kent in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 11, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ Bossy Mountain . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ Fort Kent, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 11, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
7. ↑ St. John Vianney Parish ( Memento January 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
8. ^ University of Maine at Fort Kent ( Memento June 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ USA - Fort Kent - Biathlon on the border with Canada. Biathlon-online UG, February 26, 2006, accessed on September 11, 2012 (German). 
10. ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
11. ^ Percentage of the total population speaking French, 1990, Aroostook ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ Asset Detail. In: nps.gov. npgallery.nps.gov, accessed January 27, 2018 . 
13. ^ Fort Kent State Historic Site. Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, 2009, accessed February 8, 2011 . 
14. ↑ Asset Detail. In: nps.gov. npgallery.nps.gov, accessed January 27, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Asset Detail. In: nps.gov. npgallery.nps.gov, accessed January 27, 2018 . 
16. ^ Northern Maine Medical Center | Fort Kent, ME -. In: nmmc.org. Northern Maine Medical Center, accessed January 11, 2018 (American English). 
17. ↑ Fort Kent, Maine (ME 04743) 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 January 11, 2018 (English). 
18. ^ Maine Education - School Administrative Reorganization. In: maine.gov. Retrieved January 7, 2018 (American English).