Garfield Plantation
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | March 5, 1895 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 36 ′ N , 68 ° 31 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 81 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 0.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 99.9 km 2 (about 39 mi 2 ) of which 99.2 km 2 (about 38 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 186 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04732 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-27120 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 00582487 | ||
| Website : | maine.gov | ||
Garfield Plantation is a plantation in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 81 people lived there in 71 households on an area of 99.9 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Garfield Plantation has a total area of 99.9 km², of which 99.2 km² is land and 0.7 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
Garfield Plantation is in northeast Aroostook County. The Great Machias River flows in an easterly direction through the area of the Plantation and flows into the Aroostook River a few kilometers beyond the border of the Plantation . There are other small rivers and only a few small lakes in the area of the town. The surface is rather flat, the highest point is the 246 m high Young Hill , which is located in the east of the area of the plantation.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Nashville Plantation , 2.5 mi
- East: Ashland , 8.4 miles
- South-east: Masardis , 15.3 km
- South: Unorganized Territory of Northwest Aroostook , 46.7 mi
- West: Unorganized Territory of Northwest Aroostook , 74.9 km
climate
The mean mean temperature in Garfield Plantation is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° 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
Organized first on March 26, 1883 and again on April 13, 1885, the plantation was established on March 5, 1895. Previously this area was named Township No. 11, Sixth Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T11 R6 WELS). The Garfield Plantation was named after the 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield .
Population development
| Census Results - Plantation of Garfield, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 80 | 86 | ||||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 111 | 121 | 142 | 91 | 97 | 116 | 89 | 104 | 107 | 102 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 86 | 81 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
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There are few paved roads in the Garfield Plantation area. These are to the east bordering the Town Ashland, through which Maine State Route 11 also runs. Most of the routes through Garfield are unpaved. To the northeast is the Six Mile Checkpoint to the North Woods of the Unorganized Territory of Northwest Aroostook.
Public facilities
Garfield Plantation does not have its own library, the closest being the Ashland Community Library .
The Katahdin Valley Health Center has a facility in Ashland.
education
The Ashland School District is located in Ashland and is part of Maine School Administrative District # 32 . The district includes Ashland Garfield Plantation, Masardis, Oxbow, Portage Lake and Sheridan. The district includes Ashland Garfield Plantation, Masardis, Oxbow, Portage Lake and Sheridan.
The Ashland District School offers classes from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade for approximately 320 school children. The school is accredited with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Garfield Plantation in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed January 13, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Young Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ Ashland, Maine (ME 04732) 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 13, 2018 (English).
- ^ The Genealogist's Address Book. 6th Edition by Elizabeth Petty Bentley
- ^ The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett , 134
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- ^ Library - Town of Ashland. In: townofashland.org. Retrieved January 1, 2018 (American English).
- ^ Katahdin Valley Health Center. In: kvhc.org. Retrieved January 1, 2018 (American English).
- ^ Maine Education - School Administrative Reorganization. In: maine.gov. Retrieved December 31, 2017 (American English).
- ^ Ashland District School ( Memento July 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
