Gouldsboro (Maine)

Gouldsboro
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Location in Maine
Gouldsboro
Basic data
Foundation :	February 16, 1789
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Hancock County
Coordinates :	44 ° 25 ′  N , 68 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 25 ′  N , 68 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,737 (as of 2010)
Population density :	14.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	256.38 km 2  (approx. 99 mi 2 ) of which 119.58 km 2  (approx. 46 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	0 m
Postal code :	04627
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-28450
GNIS ID :	0582437
Website :	www.townofdeerisle.org

Gouldsboro is a town in Hancock County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there lived 1737 inhabitants in 773 households on an area of ​​256.38 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Gouldsboro has a total area of ​​256.38 km², of which 119.58 km² are land and 136.80 km² consist of water .

Geographical location

Gouldsboro is located in the southeast of Hancock County on a headland on the Atlantic Ocean . To the west at Flanders Bay and to the east at Gouldsboro Bay . Washington County borders to the east . In the area of ​​the town there are several lakes, the largest is Jones Pond , north of this the West Bay Pond and south of Jones Pond the Forbes Pond . The surface is flat, without any significant elevations. Several islands also belong to the area of ​​the town. The best known are: Bar Island , Burnt Porcupine Island , Hog Island , Long Porcupine Island and Stave Island .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: East Hancock , Unorganized Territory , 15 mi
• East: Steuben , Washington County, 7.5 mi
• Southwest: Winter Harbor , 6.8 mi
• West: Bar Harbor , 15 miles
• Northwest: Sorrento , 9.6 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Gouldsboro: Ashville , Birch Harbor , Bunkers Harbor , Corea , Gouldsboro , Prospect Harbor , South Gouldsboro , West Gouldsboro, and Wonsqueak Harbor .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Gouldsboro ranges from −6.11 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 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

Settlement in the Gouldsboro area started in what was later to be called West Gouldsboro. Massachusetts granted the grant to Nathan Jones, Francis Shaw, and Robert Gould in 1764. It was later named after Robert Gould Gouldsboro Plantation.

The original name of the area was Township No. 3, East of the Union River, Livermore Survey (T3 EUR LS) . On February 16, 1789, Gouldsboro was organized as a Town under the name Goldsboro . The name changed to Gouldsboro in 1887.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Gouldsboro, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										267
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	379	471	560	880	1198	1400	1717	1709	1825	1709
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1259	1349	1282	1115	1068	1168	1100	1310	1574	1986
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1941	1737

Culture and sights

Buildings

In West Gouldsboro, three buildings have been listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Eric E. Soderholtz Cottage, recorded in 1992, under the register no. 92000793 .
• West Gouldsboro Union Church incorporated in 1990, under registration no. 90000926 .
• West Gouldsboro Village Library incorporated in 1991, under registration no. 91001512 .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

US Highway 1 runs through the north of Gouldsboro in a west-east direction. Maine State Route 186 and Maine State Route 195 branch off from it.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Gouldsboro. The closest are in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor.

The Dorcas Library is located in Village Prospect Harbor .

education

Gouldsboro belongs to RSU 24 with Eastbrook, Franklin, Prospect Harbor, Steuben, Sorrento, Sullivan, Sumner and Winter Harbor.

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Cave Hill School in Eastbrook with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade.
• Ella Lewis School in Steuben with school classes from pre-kindergarten to 6th grade.
• Mountain View School in Sullivan with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade.
• Peninsula School in Prospect Harbor with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade.
• Sumner Memorial High School in Sullivan

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• David Cobb (1748-1830), politician
• Sarah Choate Sears (1858–1935), photographer, painter, art collector and patron

literature

• Daughters of liberty (Ed.): Historical researches of Gouldsboro, Maine . Gouldsboro, Me., Daughters of liberty, Bar Harbor, Maine 1904.

Web links

Commons : Gouldsboro, Maine  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• The community site (English)
• Gouldsboro on Maine.gov
• Gouldsboro on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gouldsboro in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 2, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Gouldsboro, Hancock County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved June 2, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Gouldsboro, Maine (ME 04607) 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 June 2, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ Town History - Gouldsboro History. In: gouldsborohistory.org. Retrieved June 2, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
8. ^ Dorcas Library ›Prospect Harbor, ME. In: me.us. www.dorcas.lib.me.us, accessed June 2, 2018 (American English). 
9. ^ Regional School Unit 24. In: rsu24.org. Retrieved June 2, 2018 .