Hanover (Maine)
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Foundation : | February 2, 1816 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Maine | |
County : | Oxford County | |
Coordinates : | 44 ° 30 ′ N , 70 ° 44 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 238 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 13.1 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 19.58 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 18.23 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 210 m | |
Postal code : | 04237 | |
Area code : | +1 207 | |
FIPS : | 23-31110 | |
GNIS ID : | 0582510 | |
Website : | www.hanoverme.org | |
![]() Hanover, Maine |
Hanover is a town in Oxford County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 238 people lived there in 235 households on an area of 19.58 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Hanover has a total area of 19.58 km², of which 18.23 km² is land and 1.35 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
Hanover is centrally located in Oxford County. There are several lakes in the area of the town. The Androscoggin River flows through the south of the area . To the north is the only lake, Howard Pond . The surface of the area is hilly, the highest point is the 538 m high Mount Dimrock in the north of Hanover.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
City structure
In Hanover there is only one settlement area with the Village Hanover.
climate
The mean mean temperature in Hanover is between −9.4 ° C (15 ° F ) in January and 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 first settlement in the area took place from 1774. Nathaniel Segar is named as the first settler. He served during the American Revolution and returned in 1780. In 1781 he was captured by the Indians on one of their last military campaigns and held by the British in Canada for six months. Then he returned to Hanover. More settlers followed. Around 1792 Phineas Howard from Temple New Hampshire bought all of the previously unpopulated land from the state of Massachusetts and it was initially named Howard's Gore after him . On February 14, 1843, the area was organized as an independent town under the name Hanover. Part of the area previously belonged to Town Bethel, to which Hanover gave land in 1849.
Population development
Census Results - Town of Hanover, Maine | ||||||||||
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year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
Residents | 266 | 257 | 188 | 203 | 212 | |||||
year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
Residents | 214 | 196 | 165 | 170 | 178 | 211 | 240 | 275 | 256 | 272 |
year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
Residents | 251 | 238 |
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The US Highway 2 runs in west-east direction by the Town. It follows the course of the Androscoggin River and connects Hanover with Bethel in the west and Rumford in the east.
Public facilities
Hanover does not have its own hospital or medical facility. The closest facilities are in West Paris, Disfield and Rumford.
There is no library of its own in Hanover. The closest are in Bethel or Rumford.
education
Hanover, along with Andover, Bethel, Gilead, Greenwood, 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
Personalities who have worked on site
- Norman K. Ferguson (1901–1987), politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hanover in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 30, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Mount Dimmock. In: peakery.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ a b Hanover, Oxford County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed December 30, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Hanover, Maine (ME 04237) 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 December 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Hanover. Maine History. In: hanoverme.org. Accessed December 30, 2018 .
- ^ History of Hanover, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed December 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Population 1850-2010 according to census results
- ^ Maine School Administrative District 44. In: sad44.org. Accessed December 30, 2018 .