Great Pond

Great Pond
Great Pond Location in Maine
Basic data
Foundation :	February 16, 1789
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Hancock County
Coordinates :	44 ° 57 ′  N , 68 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 57 ′  N , 68 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	58 (as of 2010)
Population density :	0.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	103.31 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 97.80 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	88 m
Postal code :	04408
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-28975
GNIS ID :	0582498
Website :	www.emainehosting.com/TownofGreatPond/

Great Pond is a town in Hancock County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there lived 58 inhabitants in 26 households on an area of ​​103.31 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Great Pond has a total area of ​​103.31 km², of which 97.80 km² are land and 5.52 km² are water .

Geographical location

Great Pond is located northwest of Hancock County on the border with Penobscot County . There are several lakes in the area of ​​the town. The largest is the centrally located Great Pond , in the southwest the Morrison Ponds and in the southeast the Rift Pond , the King Pond , the Little Pond and the Long Pond . The surface is hilly, the highest point is the 270 m high Morrison Pond Mountain in the southwest.

Neighboring communities

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

• North and East: East Hancock , Unorganized Territory , 11 mi
• South: Aurora , 5.3 km
• South-west Amherst , 6.9 mi
• West: Northwest Hancock , Unorganized Territory, 9 mi
• Northwest: East Central Penobscot , Unorganized Territory, 8.3 mi

City structure

Great Pond only has the Great Pond settlement area.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Great Pond ranges from −7.2 ° C (19 ° 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 Great Pond area began with Joshua Williams, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and his family, in 1805. On October 26, 1840, the area designated Township No. 33 Middle Division, Bingham's Penobscot Purchase (T33 MD BPP) , organized to give residents the right to vote. This was confirmed on March 5, 1895. The name was changed to Great Pond Plantation in 1969 and on April 1, 1981 the area was organized as a Town.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Great Pond, Maine
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents							58	43	45	59
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	47	58

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Great Pond, the Free Baptist Church of Great Pond was listed and in 2012 under the register no. 12000892 inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Only local roads run through Great Pond. Great Pond is not directly connected to the national road system.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Great Pond. The closest are in Beddington or Orono.

The library for Great Pond and the surrounding communities is located in the Airline Community School in Aurora.

education

Great Pond belongs to CSD # 8 with Amhers, Aurora, Dedham, Orrington and Osborn .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Airline Community School in Aurora, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade
• Center Drive School in Orrington, through Grade 8
• Dedham School in Dedham, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade

Web links

• Community website
• Great Pond on Maine.gov
• Great Pond on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Great Pond in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 3, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ Morrison Pond Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved June 3, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Great Pond, Hancock County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved June 3, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Great Pond, Maine (ME 04423) 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 3, 2018 (English). 
7. ^ Town of Great Pond Official Web Site. In: emainehosting.com. Retrieved June 3, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Population 1960–2010 according to census results
9. ↑ Free Baptist Church of Great Pond ( English ) National Park Service. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
10. ^ Maine Department of Education. In: maine.gov. Retrieved June 3, 2018 (American English).