Freedom (Maine)

Freedom
Freedom Falls
Location in Maine
Freedom
Basic data
Foundation :	June 11, 1813
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Waldo County
Coordinates :	44 ° 29 ′  N , 69 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′  N , 69 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	719 (as of 2010)
Population density :	12.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	57.55 km 2  (approx. 22 mi 2 ) of which 55.74 km 2  (approx. 22 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	216 m
Postal code :	04941
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-26420
GNIS ID :	0582480
Website :	www.freedommaine.com/FREEDOM/

Freedom is a town in Waldo County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 719 inhabitants in 343 households on an area of ​​57.55 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Freedom has a total area of ​​57.55 km², of which 55.74 km² is land and 1.81 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Freedom is to the west of Waldo County and is bordered by Kennebec County to the west . The largest lake in the town is Sandy Pond in the northeast. There are other smaller lakes in the area. The surface is slightly hilly, the 262 m high Sandford Hill 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: Unity , 5.5 mi
• Northeast: Knox , 7.2 mi
• East: Montville , 5.5 mi
• South: Palermo , 12.0 km
• West: Albion , Kennebec County, 6 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Freedom : Freedom formerly Hussey's Mills , Freedom Town House , Gregorys Corner , Hutchins , Hutchins Corner , Sibley Corner , Smithton , South Freedom , Thurstons Corner , Webber Neighborhood, and West Freedom .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Freedom 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

Freedom was part of the Plymouth patent . The first settler in the area was Stephen Smith, a former soldier in the American Revolutionary War , who cut a clearing in the forest in 1794. With the help of his brothers, he built the first house in the area that year. Initially, the Smithton Plantation was named after Stephen Smith, later Beaver Hill. When the area was organized as a town on June 11, 1813, it was named Freedom to set a political example during the time of the British-American War .

Shortly after it was founded, Freedom was home to many sawmills and gristmills, of which the Mill at Freedom Falls has been preserved to this day and has been listed as a historical monument. Today there is a restaurant in the building. The Sandy Pond is a reservoir that was created as mill water, but is also a good fishing water with perch , pike and bass.

The Freedom Academy school was in Freedom from 1836 to 1957 when it was destroyed by fire. After that, the Strawberry Fields School was in Freedom. Today Freedom does not have its own school, but belongs to Regional School Unit # 3 and uses the schools in the district.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Freedom, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents			788	867	1153	948	849	716	652	510
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	479	780	460	422	492	466	406	373	458	593
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	645	719

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Freedom, several structures have been listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Keen Hall , 2017 under the register no. 100001242.
• Mill at Freedom Falls , 2012 under the registration no. 12000228. The historic mill was built in 1834 as a flour mill and converted into a factory in 1894, in which tool handles and other objects were made. In 1969 the mill, which also served as a school building, was shut down. Today the restaurant "The Lost Kitchen" is operated here.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

137 Maine Street runs west-east through north Freedom .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Freedom. The closest are in Waterville.

Freedom does not have its own library. The closest are in Union, Liberty and Albion.

education

Freedom belongs to RSU # 3 with Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Monroe, Montville, Thorndike, Troy, Unity and Waldo .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Monroe Elementary School in Monroe
• Morse Memorial Elementary School in Brooks
• Mount View Elementary in Thorndike
• Mount View Middle School in Thorndike
• Mount View High School in Thorndike
• Troy Elementary in Troy
• Unity School in Unity
• Walker Elementary in Liberty

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Daniel F. Davis (1843–1897), politician, Governor of Maine
• George Willard Coy (1836–1915), inventor and entrepreneur

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Freedom in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed July 4, 2020
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ Sanford Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved July 4, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ Freedom, Waldo County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved July 4, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Freedom, Maine (ME 04941) 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 July 4, 2020 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} About Freedom on the Town's website , accessed July 4, 2020
8. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
9. ↑ Keen Hall 100001242
10. ↑ Mill at Freedom Falls 12000228
11. ↑ RSU3 - School District. In: rsu3.org. Retrieved July 4, 2020 (American English). 

Web links

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

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