Frankfort (Maine)

Frankfort
Location in Maine
Frankfort
Basic data
Foundation :	June 25, 1789
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Waldo County
Coordinates :	44 ° 36 ′  N , 68 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 36 ′  N , 68 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,124 (as of 2010)
Population density :	17.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	67.11 km 2  (approx. 26 mi 2 ) of which 63.74 km 2  (approx. 25 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	66 m
Postal code :	04438
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-26280
GNIS ID :	0582478
Website :	www.frankfortme.com

Frankfort is a town in Waldo County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1124 inhabitants in 537 households on an area of ​​67.11 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Frankfort has a total area of ​​67.11 km², of which 63.74 km² is land and 3.37 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Frankfort is in northeast Waldo County and is separated from Hancock County by the Penobscot River . The Marsh River flows south through the area, it empties into the Penobscot River. In the southwest the Swan Lake borders the area and in the southeast the South Branch of Marsh River forms a branch of the Penobscot River. The surface is slightly hilly, the 320 m high Mount Waldo is the highest point in the town.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Winterport , 3.7 mi
• East: Bucksport , Hancock County, 12 mi
• Southeast: Prospect , 3.6 miles
• South: Searsport , 8.7 mi
• Southwest: Swanville , 7 mi
• West: Monroe , 6.4 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Frankfort : Frankfort , Frankfort Mills , Marsh Village , Mount Waldo and West Frankfort .

climate

The mean average temperature in Frankfort is between –7.8 ° C (18  ° F ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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

Frankfort was organized as a town on June 25, 1789. At the time, the Frankfort area included the area from the west bank of the Penobscot River to the Soadabscook Stream. From this area the Towns Prospect, Winterport and Hampden, as well as parts of Belfast, Searsport and Stockton emerged.

The towns of Hampden and Prospect were split off in 1794 and became independent, the Town of Winterport in 1860. Additional land was given to Hampden in 1816, Swanville in 1832, Monroe in 1863 and Winterport in 1867.

The first settlers settled in the area in 1770. In 1773 fourteen families lived in the area. The first settlers made their living from hunting elk, beavers and muskrats, as well as fishing in the Penobscot River. The area belonged to the Waldo patent . Several owners made claims to the land. Eventually Thorndike & Company was found to be the owner and they sold the land to the settlers for $ 2 an acre.

Later shipbuilding, timber industry, agriculture and the mining of granite were the livelihoods of the settlers. The first sawmill was built by Jushua Treat in 1774 on the Marsh Stream. A dam for water regulation was built in 1904, the last mill closed in the 1940s. Frankfort was known for the gray-white granite that had been quarried from Mosquito Mountain since 1836. In 1846, mining was moved to Waldo Mountain. The granite was transported to the Penobscot River in ox wagons and shipped there. The amount of granite mined in 1850 was 20,000 tons per year. Granite mining stopped in 1914. The quarry was operated again from 1931 to 1965.

The granite was used in house building on site, but also in other regions of the United States. The granite became the Washington Monument , the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier , the Senate office building in Washington DC , the pillars of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York , the buildings of Fort Knox, which were built at the end of the 19th century, the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, the old post office building in Bangor and others.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Frankfort, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										891
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	867	1493	2129	2487	3603	4233	2143	1152	1157	1099
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1211	1157	624	468	562	578	692	620	783	1020
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1041	1124

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Frankfort, several buildings were placed under monument protection and included in the National Register of Historic Places .

• Frankfort Dam , 2003 under the register no. 03000018.
• Mount Waldo Granite Works , 1974 under the register no. 74000194.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 1A runs in a north-south direction by the eastern part of the Town, parallel to March stream. In the village of Frankfort, Maine Street 139 branches off to the west .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Frankfort. The closest are in Bangor and Belfast.

In Frankfort, the Waldo Peirce Library is located on Maine Road South. The library was founded in 1892 and is based on a donation in honor of Waldo T. Peirce, one of the early settlers in Frankfort.

education

Frankfort belongs to Regional School Unit 22 with Hampden, Newburgh and Winterport.

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Earl C. McGraw School in Hampden, with classes from Pre-K through Year 2
• Leroy H. Smith School in Winterport, with classes from Pre-K through Year 4
• Weatherbee Elementary School in Hampden, with classes from 3rd to 5th grade
• Samuel L. Wagner Middle School in Winterport, with school classes from 5th to 8th grade
• Reeds Brook Middle School in Hampden, with classes from 6th to 8th grade
• Hampden Academy in Hampden, with school classes from 9th to 12th grade

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Frederick Low (1828-1894), politician, Governor of California
• Charles H. Treat (1842-1910), politician

Individual evidence

1. ^ Frankfort in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed June 23, 2020
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Mount Waldo. In: peakery.com. Retrieved June 23, 2020 (English). 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ ^{A b} Frankfort, Waldo County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved June 23, 2020 (English). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Frankfort, Maine (ME 04438) 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 June 23, 2020 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} History of Frankfort, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed June 23, 2020 . 
8. ^ ^{A b} History - Town of Frankfort, Maine: Official Town Website. In: frankfortme.com. Retrieved June 23, 2020 (American English). 
9. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
10. ↑ Frankfort Dam 03000018
11. ↑ Mount Waldo Granite Works 74000194
12. ^ Waldo Peirce Reading Room. In: me.us. .me.us, accessed on June 23, 2020 . 
13. ↑ rsu 22. In: rsu22.us. Retrieved June 23, 2020 . 

Web links

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

• Community website
• Frankfort on City.com
• Frankfort on my.gov