Greenwood (Maine)

Greenwood
former town hall
Location in Maine
Greenwood
Basic data
Foundation :	February 2, 1816
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Oxford County
Coordinates :	44 ° 21 ′  N , 70 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 21 ′  N , 70 ° 40 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	830 (as of 2010)
Population density :	7.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	111.58 km 2  (approx. 43 mi 2 ) of which 107.92 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	210 m
Postal code :	04255
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-29710
GNIS ID :	0582503
Website :	www.greenwoodmaine.org
Greenwood, Maine

Greenwood is a town in Oxford County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 830 people lived there in 810 households on an area of ​​111.58 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Greenwood has a total area of ​​111.58 km², of which 107.92 km² is land and 3.65 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Greenwood is centrally located in Oxford County. There are several lakes in the area of ​​the town. The largest are in the north of North Pond , Round Pond and South Pond , in the northeast bordering Bryand Pond at centrally of Twitchell Pond , in the eastern Indian Pond and the south of the Hicks Pond and Mud Pond . They are partly connected by rivers and streams. The surface of the area is hilly, the highest point is the 604 m high Mount Abraham in the north of Greenwood, which is also developed as a ski area.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Bethel , 13.8 km
• Northeast: Woodstock , 6.8 mi
• Southeast: West Paris , 7.5 mi
• South: Norway , 14.1 km
• West: South Oxford , Unorganized Territory , 12 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Greenwood : Greenwood City , Greenwood Center (Shadagee) , Irish Neighborhood , Locke Mills (Lockes Mills, Locke's Mills) , Richardson Hollow , Tubbs District, and Willis Mill .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Greenwood ranges from −8.3 ° C (17  ° F ) in January to 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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

The Greenwood area was settled from 1802. The first settler was William Yates, followed by Thomas Furlong and Timothy Patch. Greenwood was organized as a town on February 2, 1816. The area was previously known as Plantation No. 4 organized. It was part of the Phillips Academy Grant , also Raymond's (or Twitchell's) Grant and Mosher and Haskell's Grant. In 1893, land was given to Woodstock.

Greenwood was probably not named after the green forests in which it is located, but after the surveyor Alexander Greenwood. In fact, the area was surveyed by Lothrop Lewis, another surveyor. The residents initially wanted to name their Town Russia , but this name was not approved. Initially, the settlers in Greenwood lived from agriculture, which was also helped by the many good opportunities for building mills.

There are several quarries in Greenwood that mine earlshannonite , hydroxylherderite and herderite, among others .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Greenwood, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents			509	695	836	1118	878	845	838	727
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	741	664	605	548	564	604	601	610	653	689
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	802	830

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Greenwood, a structure was listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Greenwood Cattle Pound , 2007 under the register no. 07000794.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 26 runs through the northeast corner of the Town along the shores of North Pond , Round Pond and South Pond . It connects Greenwood with Bethel in the north and West Paris in the east. Maine State Route 219 branches off from here in a southerly direction , which later also leaves the town in an easterly direction to West Paris.

Public facilities

Greenwood does not have its own hospital or medical facility. The closest facilities are in West Paris, Norway and Rumford.

There is no library of its own in Greenwood. The closest are in Bethel, Woodstock and West Paris.

education

Greenwood, along with Andover, Bethel, Gilead, Hanover, Newry and Woodstock, is part of the Maine School Administrative District 44 . There are two elementary schools, Crescent Park Elementary School and Woodstock Elementary School , as well as Telstar Middle School and Telstar High School .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Leon Leonwood Bean (1872–1967), inventor and founder of LLBean
• Addison Emery Verrill (1839-1926), zoologist and geologist

Web links

Commons : Greenwood, Maine  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Greenwood in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 29, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Mount Abram. In: peakery.com. Retrieved December 29, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Greenwood, Oxford County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved December 29, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Greenwood, Maine (ME 04255) 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 29, 2018 . 
7. ^ History of Greenwood, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed December 29, 2018 . 
8. ^ Greenwood, Maine Town History - Home of LL Bean | greenwoodmaine.org. In: greenwoodmaine.org. Retrieved December 29, 2018 (American English). 
9. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
10. ↑ Greenwood Cattle Pound 07000794
11. ^ Maine School Administrative District 44. In: sad44.org. Retrieved December 28, 2018 .