Fryeburg

Fryeburg
Fryeburg Library
Location in Maine
Fryeburg
Basic data
Foundation :	January 11, 1777
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Oxford County
Coordinates :	44 ° 3 ′  N , 70 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 3 ′  N , 70 ° 57 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	3,449 (as of 2010)
Population density :	22.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	170.65 km 2  (approx. 66 mi 2 ) of which 151.07 km 2  (approx. 58 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	116 m
Postal code :	04037
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-26875
GNIS ID :	0582485
Website :	www.fryeburgmaine.org
Curtis Hall, Fryeburg Academy

Fryeburg is a town in Oxford County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 3449 inhabitants in 1844 households on an area of ​​170.65 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Fryeburg has a total area of ​​170.65 km², of which 151.07 km² are land and 19.58 km² are water .

Geographical location

Fryeburg is in the west of Oxford County and is bordered to the east by Cumberland County in Maine and to the west by Carroll County in New Hampshire . The Saco River flows through the area of ​​the town in an easterly direction. There are several larger lakes in the area of ​​the town. To the east is Kezar Pond , to the south is Lovewell Pond and Pleasant Pond, and to the northwest is Lower Kimball Pond . The surface of the area is hilly, the highest point is the 317 m high Mount Tom in the west of Fryeburg.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Lovell , 9.9 miles
• Northeast: Sweden , 6.4 mi
• East: Bridgton , Cumberland County, 15 mi
• Southeast: Denmark , 7.7 mi
• South: Brownfield , 14.0 km
• Southwest: Conway , Carroll County, New Hampshire, 6.9 mi
• West: Chatham , Carroll County, New Hampshire, 7.7 mi
• Northwest: Stow , 10.2 miles

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Fryeburg : East Fryeburg , Fish Street , Fryeburg , Fryeburg Center , Harbor (Fryeburg Harbor) , Highland Park , Menotomy , North Fryeburg , Pinehurst and West Fryeburg .

climate

The mean average temperature in Fryeburg is between −7.8 ° C (18  ° F ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° F) in July. This means that the place is around 2 degrees cooler compared to the long-standing mean of Maine. The snowfall between October and May is well over two meters (with a peak in January of almost 50 cm) about twice as high as the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

In the area where Fryeburg is today, the Battle of Pequawket , also known as Lovewell's Fight, took place on May 9, 1725 . It was the last battle counted as part of the Stupid War between English immigrants and the Wabanaki Confederation . Captain John Lovewell led a group of 46 scalp hunters against the Abenaki in Pequawket, today's Fryeburg. At the time, the authorities offered a scalp premium for the first time. For an Abenaki scalp, 100 dollars were paid, which would correspond to around 15,000 euros based on today's money. The battle was related to the expansion of the settlements in New England along the Kennebec River. From the group, 34 people reached Saco Pond, now called Lovewell Pond . There they met the Pequawket under their chief Paugus with about 66 warriors. Lovewell and another 13 of the men died in the battle, as did the Indian chief Paugus and about 39 of his warriors. The survivors fled to Canada. The battle inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's poem The Battle of Lovell's Pond on, just as Nathaniel Hawthorne to the narrative Roger Malvin's Burial and Henry David Thoreau was referring to in the book A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers for battle.

Most of Fryeburg, then still Pequawket , was given as Grant by Massachusetts to General Joseph Frye in 1762 , who had participated in the siege of Louisburg and in 1757 commanded a regiment at Fort William Henry on Lake George . That same year, Concord, New Hampshire settlers began clearing clearings and settling with their cattle.

The first settlers to settle in the area were John Stevens, Nathaniel Merrill and Limbo, a Negro slave who grazed cattle in the great meadows in the winter of 1762 and fed them with the hay they had cut the previous summer. More followed in 1763 and 1764. Nathaniel Smith arrived in the area in 1763 with his wife Betty. He built a mill on Walkers Pond.

Fryeburg was organized as a town on January 11, 1777.

Parts of the Brownfield Plantation, now the Town Brownfield, were added in 1802. Land was given to Denmark in 1813 and an area known as Texas was given to Bridgton by Fryeburg and Denmark in 1847.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Fryeburg, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents		1004	1057	1352	1536	1523	1623	1507	1633	1418
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1376	1282	1283	1592	1726	1926	1874	2208	2715	2968
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	3083	3449

Culture and sights

Buildings

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

District

• Main Street Historic District , registered in 1991 under no. 91000324.

Buildings

• Barrows-Steadman Homestead , 1982 under the register no. 82000771.
• Squire Chase House , 1979 under registration no. 79000158.
• Church of the New Jerusalem , 1986 under registration no. 86001274.
• District No. 1 Schoolhouse , 1984 under the register no. 84001466.
• Fryeburg Registry of Deeds , 1987 under the register no. 87002196.
• Osgood Family House , 1990 under the register no. 90000576.
• Marion Parsons House , 1987 under the register no. 86002432.
• Rivercroft Farm , 2008 under the registration no. 08000668.
• Fryeburg Town House, Former , 1992 under the register no. 92001295.
• Hemlock Bridge , 1970 under the register no. 70000056.

Regular events

The Fryeburg Fair has been held regularly since 1851. It is an exhibition for livestock and agriculture with over 3,000 animals. The supporting program includes competitions with farm animals as well as cooking competitions and flower shows. There are craft exhibition halls and handicrafts are offered. The fair lasts 8 days and there is an entrance fee.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 302 runs in west-east direction by the area of the town. Maine State Route 5 branches off from it in Village Freyburg in a northerly direction and Maine State Route 130 in a southerly direction .

The Eastern Slopes regional airport is located in Fryeburg. It has the IATA code FRY.

media

The radio station WFYB has been located in Fryeburg since 2016 . It belongs to the Maine Public Broadcasting Network .

Public facilities

The Fryeburg Health Care Center is located in Fryeburg . It is also available to the residents of the surrounding towns.

The Fryeburg Public Library is located on Main Street in Fryeburg.

education

Fryeburg is part of the Maine School Administrative District 72 along with Brownfield, Denmark, Lovell, Stoneham, Stow and Sweden .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg, with the school classes Kindergarten to 8th grade
• Brownfield Denmark Elementary School in Denmark, with the school classes Kindergarten to 4th grade
• New Suncook Elementary School in Lowell, with classes from Kindergarten through 4th grade

The private Fryeburg Academy is located in Fryeburg .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Charles S. Benton (1810–1882), politician
• John W. Dana (1808–1867), politician and governor of Maine
• Molly Ockett († 1816), Indian healer

Personalities who have worked on site

• Judah Dana (1772–1845), politician and lawyer
• Douglas Volk (1856–1935), painter
• James S. Wiley (1808-1891), politician and lawyer

Web links

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

• Website of Fryeburg ( English )
• Fryeburg on City-Data.com
• Fryeburg on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fryeburg in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed December 26, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Mount Tom. In: peakery.com. Accessed December 26, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Fryeburg, Maine (ME 04037) 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 December 26, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Fryeburg, Oxford County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved December 26, 2018 . 
7. ^ ^{A b} History of Fryeburg, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed December 26, 2018 . 
8. ^ Judith Hayes: Maine USA. In: maineusa.net. Retrieved December 26, 2018 (American English). 
9. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
10. ↑ Main Street Historic District 91000324
11. ↑ Barrows-Steadman Homestead 82000771
12. ↑ Squire Chase House 79000158
13. ^ Church of the New Jerusalem 86001274
14. ↑ District No. 1 Schoolhouse 84001466
15. ↑ Fryeburg Registry of Deeds 87002196
16. ↑ Osgood Family House 90000576
17. ↑ Marion Parsons House 86002432
18. ↑ River Croft Farm 08000668
19. ^ Fryeburg Town House, Former 92001295
20. ↑ Hemlock Bridge 70000056
21. ↑ About the Fair. In: fryeburgfair.org. Retrieved December 26, 2018 . 
22. ^ Public Library. In: fryeburgmaine.org. Retrieved December 26, 2018 . 
23. ↑ MSAD 72 School Board - MSAD72. In: msad72.org. Retrieved December 26, 2018 .