Frenchville (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | February 23, 1869 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 16 ′ N , 68 ° 24 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,087 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 14.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 75.7 km 2 (approx. 29 mi 2 ) of which 74 km 2 (approx. 29 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 193 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04745 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-26735 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582483 | ||
| Website : | www.frenchville.org | ||
Frenchville is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1,087 inhabitants in an area of 76.0 km². Frenchville is right on the border with Canada .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has an area of 75.7 km²; 74.0 km² of this is on land and 1.7 km² on water .
Geographical location
Frenchville is located in the northeast of Aroostook County, on the border with Canada , on the south bank of the Saint John River , in the middle of which the border between Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick runs. The town does not have a square shape like almost all towns in Maine, but it is based on the courses of the Saint John River in the north, Long Lake in the southeast and Fish River Lake in the northeast. Other important rivers and streams are the Dufour , the Gagnon , the Rosignol , the Bourgoin and the Cyr Brook . They all flow into the Saint John River. The surface is hilly, the highest point is the 354 m high Glass Hill .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Saint-Hilaire , New Brunswick , Canada 1.0 km
- East: Madawaska , 10 mi
- Southeast: Saint Agatha , 5.7 mi
- South: Unorganized Territory Square Lake , 5.3 mi
- Southwest: New Canada , 6.7 mi
- West: Fort Kent , 11.7 miles
City structure
There are several settlement areas in Frenchville : Frenchville , Gilman (former railway station), St. Luce Station (Saint Luce Station) and Upper Frenchville .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Frenchville is between −13.3 ° C (8 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 16.7 ° C (62 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 10 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. At over five and a half meters, the snowfalls between October and May are almost 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
Before the colonization by European settlers, Indians from the Maliseet tribe lived in this area. In small groups or individually, they hunted and fished in the woods and in the Saint-John Valley. In 1783, Pierre Lizotte and Pierre Duperre established a trading post near the mouth of the Madawaska River . About 250 Indian families lived here at that time. In 1831 only about six left.
A first group of settlers reached the area in June 1785. They came from near Fredericton and came at the invitation of Lizotte and Duperre. At that time, the area west of the Madawaska River was not under the jurisdiction of New Brunswick, so it was not one of the first land concessions granted by New Brunswick in 1790.
Originally known as Plantation of Dionne founded by the missionary Father Dionne, who built the first Catholic church of St. Luce, Frenchville was on 23 February 1869 the name of Dickeyville, in honor of Major William Dickey from Fort Kent , as Town founded. The name was changed to Frenchville on January 26, 1871 to reflect the nationality of the residents. Even today, 79.6% of the population are French-speaking.
The location on the rivers favored the construction of various mills. There were two sawmills and two gristmills in Frenchville at Gagnon Brook, and a small sawmill at Cyr Brook . There were other small sawmills, a cloth mill, and a starch factory in town. The sandy, permeable soil was well suited for agriculture, especially buckwheat, oats, peas, wheat and potatoes were grown, and forestry was also a livelihood. Maple, cedar and fir trees grow in the town area .
The Frenchville Railroad Station and Water Tank are a listed historic railroad museum in Frenchville. The station and water tank were built in 1910 by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 under number 95000723. The station was active until 1971, although the water tank became obsolete in 1958 after the route was used by diesel locomotives. Nevertheless, it remained in operation until 1981. The town of Frenchville used it as a water reservoir for their fire department. The town had previously bought the water tank from the railway company.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Frenchville, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 1851 | 2288 | 2560 | |||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 1316 | 1414 | 1586 | 1525 | 1566 | 1528 | 1421 | 1375 | 1450 | 1338 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 1225 | 1087 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The US Highway 1 , which has its northern end at the neighboring Fort Kent and the South in Key West , Florida ends, runs east to west through Frenchville, parallel to the Saint John River. The Maine State Route 161 ends from the south coming on Highway 1st
A route of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad led through Frenchville .
Public facilities
Frenchville does not have its own library. The closest libraries are in Fort Kent and Madawaska.
In Frenchville there is a hospital with the St. Joseph Nursing Home .
education
Frenchville, along with Saint Agatha and Madawaska, is part of Maine School Administrative District # 33. The following schools are available to school children in the school district:
- Dr. Levesque Elementary School (PK-6) in Frenchville
- Wisdom Middle High School (7-12) in Saint Agatha
- St John Valley Technology Center in Frenchville
literature
- Edward Wiggin: History of Aroostook . tape 1 . The Star-Herald Press, Presque Isle ME 1922, p. 188 ff . ( Digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Frenchville in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 12, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ a b c History of Frenchville, Maine From A Gazetteer of the State of Maine by Geo. J. Varney edited by BB Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston 1886
- ^ Glass Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Frenchville, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed February 4, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Frenchville, Maine (ME 04745) 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 12, 2018 (English).
- ^ History of Frenchville ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted 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
- ↑ Asset Detail. In: nps.gov. npgallery.nps.gov, accessed January 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- ↑ Welcome To MSAD 33. In: msad33.org. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
