Friendship (Maine)
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| Foundation : | February 25, 1807 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Knox County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 57 ′ N , 69 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,152 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 31.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 81.25 km 2 (about 31 mi 2 ) of which 36.52 km 2 (about 14 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 6 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04547 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-26805 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582484 | ||
Friendship is a town in Knox County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1152 inhabitants in 508 households on an area of 81.25 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Friendship has a total area of 81.25 km², of which 36.52 km² is land and 44.73 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
Friendship is located in the southwest of Knox County, on Muscongus Bay in the Atlantic Ocean . It borders Lincoln County . There are several small lakes in the town's area. The largest is Forrest Pond . Several islands also belong to the area of the town. The best known are Cranberry Island , Friendship Long Island , Harbor Island , Morse Island, and Otter Island . The surface of the area is slightly hilly, with no significant elevations.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Warren , 8.4 mi
- Northeast: Cushing , 10.1 km
- Southeast: St. George , 7.9 mi
- Southwest: Bristol , Lincoln County, 8.9 mi
- West: Bremen , Lincoln County, 5.8 mi
- Northwest: Waldoboro , Lincoln County, 4.8 mi
City structure
There are several settlement areas in Friendship : East Friendship , Friendship , Lawry and Martin .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Friendship is between -5.6 ° C (22 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 6 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 area of Friendship belonged to the Muscongus later Waldo patent . The Indian name for the area was Meduncook for sandy harbor . European settlement began around 1750 when a garrison was built on an island in the southern part, which is connected to the mainland when the tide is low. The first residents settled near this fortification.
Friendship was organized as a town on February 25, 1807. Previously it was organized as a Meduncook Plantation in 1772 . Crotch Island was added to the town by Cushing in 1834, further parts of Chushing were added in 1839 and Six Island in 1867.
The Friendship Sloop , a type of boat, was developed in Friendship around 1880.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Friendship, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 480 | 587 | 634 | 725 | 691 | 770 | 890 | 938 | 877 | |
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 814 | 776 | 696 | 742 | 747 | 772 | 806 | 834 | 1000 | 1099 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 1204 | 1152 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Maine State Route 97 and Maine State Route 202 running from north-west or north-east coming in an arc through Friendship. They unite at the southernmost point.
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Friendship. The closest are in Waldoboro and Rockland.
In Friendship, the Friendship Public Library is located on Harbor Road.
education
Friendship is part of Regional School Unit 40 along with Union, Warren, Waldoboro, and Washington .
There are several schools in the school district:
- Friendship Village School; School classes Kindergarten to 6th grade, in Friendship
- Miller School; School classes from pre-kindergarten to 6th grade, in Union
- Union Elementary School; School classes from pre-kindergarten to 6th grade, in Union
- Prescott Memorial School; School classes Kindergarten to 6th grade, in Waldoboro
- Warren Community School; School classes pre-kindergarten through 5th grade, in Warren
- Medomak Middle School; School classes 7–8, in Waldoboro
- Medomak Valley High School; School classes 9–12, in Waldoboro
- Rivers Alternative Middle School, in Union
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Allen Alexander Bradford (1815–1888), politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Friendship in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed September 16, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ a b c Friendship, Knox County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ a b Friendship on City-Data.com , accessed on September 16, 2018
- ^ History of Friendship, Maine, from A Gazetteer of the State of Maine , accessed September 16, 2018
- ↑ Population 1840-2010 according to census results
- ↑ Friendship Public Library , accessed September 16, 2018
- ^ Regional School Unit 40 , accessed September 16, 2018
