Gardiner (Maine)

Gardiner
Gardiner (postcard from 1914)
Location in Maine
Gardiner
Basic data
Foundation :	February 17, 1803
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Kennebec County
Coordinates :	44 ° 14 ′  N , 69 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 14 ′  N , 69 ° 46 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	5,800 (as of 2010)
Population density :	142.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	43.0 km 2  (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 40.6 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	7 m
Postal code :	04345
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-27085
GNIS ID :	0566690
Website :	gardinermaine.com
Mayor :	Thomas Harnett

Gardiner is a city in Kennebec County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 5800 inhabitants in 2487 households on an area of ​​43.0 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Gardiner has a total area of ​​42.92 km², of which 40.53 km² is land and 2.38 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Gardiner is located at the confluence of the Cobbosseecontee Stream and the navigable Kennebec River , centrally in the south of Kennebec County. It borders Sagadahoc County to the south . In the area of ​​the city there are no larger lakes, the surface is flat 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: Farmingdale , 2.8 miles
• Northeast: Chelsea , 8.0 km
• East: Pittston , 6.2 mi
• South: Richmond , Sagadahoc County , 3.1 mi
• Southwest: Litchfield , 9.7 mi
• West: West Gardiner , 9.2 km

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Gardiner : Bookertown , Gardiner (formerly Cobbosseecontee), Lawrence Mills (former railway station), Libby Hill and South Gardiner .

climate

The mean average temperature in Gardiner is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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

Originally the area was settled by the Kennebecs . In 1729 William Bradford received a grant from the New Plymoth Colony for the area. This was later revoked and Dr. Sylvester Gardiner of South Kingstown , Rhode Island acquired much of this area. He owned about 100,000 acres (about 40,468,564 ha ). Gardiner was founded in 1754 as Gardinerston Plantation . It previously belonged to Pittston .

Gardiner built a sawmill , wool mills, a potash factory and a grist mill on the Cobbossee River . More settlers reached the area and in 1803 the town of Gardiner was founded. In 1826, the first steamship on the Kennebec River reached Gardiner. The steamship trade with Boston and other large cities could be taken up. The settlement grew, Oak Grove Cemetery was completed in 1844, the first telegraphic dispatch reached Gardiner in 1850 and the first railroad in 1851. Shipbuilding and trade became other industries and in 1849 Gardiner became a city. After the connection to the Portland - Kennebec railroad in 1851, the city continued to grow and paper mills and several shoe and leather mills, together with the paper mills, ensured a solid economic base until the Second World War. Then modern industries emerged instead of the mills.

In the 21st century, downtown Gardiner changed. Small retail and services define the cityscape today.

Population development

Census Results - City of Gardiner, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents		1029	2053	3709	5042	6486	4487	4497	4439	5491
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	5501	5311	5475	5609	6044	6649	6897	6685	6485	6746
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	6198	5800

Culture and sights

Buildings

Oaklands

In Gardiner, a district and a number of buildings have been listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

The following was placed under monument protection as a district:

• Gardiner Historic District , recorded 1980, register no. 80000233

Other buildings:

• Christ Episcopal Church , recorded 1973, register no. 73000129
• Gardiner Railroad Station , recorded 1982, register no. 82000423
• Laura Richards House , recorded 1979, register no. 79000151
• Edwin Arlington Robinson House , recorded 1972, register no. 71000070
• Oaklands , incorporated in 1973, register no. 73000131

An outstanding historic building in South Gardiner is the Oaklands . Built by Robert Hallowell Gardiner from 1835 to 1837 on land that his grandfather, the founder of Gardiner, Sylvester Gardiner, had bought. This building replaced a building from the late 18th century that had previously burned down.

Economy and Infrastructure

Downtown Gardiner

Next to Gardiner Main Street with shops, restaurants and cultural offerings, Gardiner's Libby Hill Business Park is located on Libby Hill .

traffic

The Portland and Kennebec Railroad reached Gardiner in December 1851, with the Brunswick – Gardiner route. The Augusta tram reached Gardiner in 1890. Today there is a station in Gardiner on the Brunswick – Skowhegan and the Gardiner – Copsecook Mills railway . The Interstate 295 and US Highway 201 run through the city.

Public facilities

education

Gardiner, along with Pittston, Randolph, and West Gardiner, is part of the Maine School Administrative District # 11. This school district includes Gardiner Area High School, Gardiner Regional Middle School, and Elementary School Helen Thompson School, Laura E. Richards School, Pittston Consolidated School, River View Community School, and Teresa C. Hamlin School.

The Gardiner Public Library is Gardiner's public library.

graveyards

There are thirteen cemeteries in Gardiner: Elk Cemetery II, Cherry Hill Cemetery, Babbs Cemetery, Cross Hill Cemetery, Sampson Cemetery, Friends Cemetery, Howard Cemetery, St Joseph Cemetery, Friends Cemetery, West Street Cemetery, Libby Hill Cemetery, Riverside Cemetery ,. Oak Grove Cemetery, founded in 1844, is one of the oldest.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Charles R. Clason (1890–1985), MP
• Burton M. Cross (1902-1998), 61st and 63rd Governors of Maine
• William Diamond (born 1945), Senator
• John W. Heselton (1900–1962), MP
• Horace A. Hildreth (1902–1988), 59th Governor of Maine
• William Clark Noble (1858–1938), sculptor
• John Reed Swanton (1873-1958), anthropologist
• Dorothy Clarke Wilson (1904-2003), writer

Personalities who have worked on site

• Robert Hallowell Gardiner (1855–1924), lawyer and ecumenist
• Silvester Gardiner (1708–1786), doctor and founder of Gardiner
• James Parker (politician, 1768) (1768–1837), doctor and politician
• Charles A. White (1828–1898), Gardiner politician and postmaster

Web links

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

• City Gardiner website
• City Data Gardiner
• Gardiner on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
2. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
3. ^ Gardiner, Kennebec County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed July 14, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Gardiner, Maine (ME 04359) 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 14, 2018 (English). 
5. ^ ^{A b} Historical Sketch of GARDINER, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed December 16, 2015 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Gardiner Main Street: Historic Downtown Gardiner, Maine | Gardiner Maine - A History. (No longer available online.) In: gardinermainstreet.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; accessed on December 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
8. ↑ Gardiner Main Street ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 16, 2015 
9. ^ Libby Hill Business Park , accessed December 16, 2015.
10. ^ Staff of Gardiner Public Library, Gardiner, Maine. In: me.us. www.gpl.lib.me.us, accessed on December 16, 2015 . 
11. ^ Cemeteries in Gardiner , accessed December 16, 2015
12. ↑ Oak Grove Cemetery ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 16, 2015