Hanover (Maine)

Hanover
Town Office
Location in Maine
Hanover
Basic data
Foundation :	February 2, 1816
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Oxford County
Coordinates :	44 ° 30 ′  N , 70 ° 44 ′  W 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
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.

• North: Newry , 10.1 km
• East: Rumford , 7 miles
• South: Bethel , 3.5 miles

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
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

Commons : Hanover, Maine  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hanover in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 30, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Mount Dimmock. In: peakery.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Hanover, Oxford County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed December 30, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{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 . 
7. ↑ Hanover. Maine History. In: hanoverme.org. Accessed December 30, 2018 . 
8. ^ History of Hanover, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed December 30, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Population 1850-2010 according to census results
10. ^ Maine School Administrative District 44. In: sad44.org. Accessed December 30, 2018 .