Harmony (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | June 15, 1803 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Somerset County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 59 ′ N , 69 ° 33 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 939 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 9.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 104.43 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 100.15 km 2 (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 116 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04942 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-31355 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0579051 | ||
Harmony is a town in Somerset County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 939 people lived there in 608 households on an area of 104.43 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Harmony has a total area of 104.43 km², of which 100.15 km² is land and 4.27 km² is made up of water .
Geographical location
Harmony is located in southeast Somerset County and borders Piscataquis County . In the south, the lake The Narrows borders the area. There are other smaller lakes in the town area. The surface is slightly hilly, the 240 m high Carson Hill is the highest point.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Wellington , Piscataquis County, 7.2 mi
- Northeast: Cambridge , 6.6 mi
- East: Ripley , 7 miles
- Southeast: St. Albans , 13.6 km
- South: Hartland , 11.0 km
- West: Athens , 6 miles
- Northwest: Brighton Plantation , 10 mi
City structure
There are several settlement areas in Harmony : Cyrs , Harmony , Mainstream and Mainstream Station .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Harmony is between -11.1 ° C (12 ° F ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° F) in July. This means that the place is around 9 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
The area was named Township No. 3, Second Range North of Plymouth Claim, East of Kennebec River (T3 R2 NPC EKR) and was part of the Hallowell Academy Grant . Charles Vaughn bought this and the area was organized as Vaughnstown Plantation. On June 14, 1803, it was organized as a Town under the name Harmony.
Settlement in the area started in 1796 and the population increased sharply after 1800. There were several grain mills and sawmills in the town, as well as a granite quarry in the 19th century.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Harmony, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 351 | 584 | 925 | 1096 | 1107 | 1081 | 978 | 881 | 704 | |
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 571 | 730 | 838 | 793 | 788 | 709 | 712 | 650 | 755 | 838 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 954 | 939 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Maine State Route 150 and Maine State Route 154 intersect at Village Harmony .
Public facilities
There are no hospitals or medical facilities in Harmony. The closest are in St. Albans, Dexter, Hartland and Pittsfield.
There is no library in Harmony. Closest libraries are in Guilford, Hartland and Dexter.
education
Harmony belongs with Athens, Brighton Plantation, Dexter, Exeter, Garland and Ripley to the Alternative Organizational Structure No. 94.
There are several schools in the school district:
- Ridge View Community School in Dexter, pre-kindergarten through 8th grade
- Harmony Elementary School in Harmony, with school classes from kindergarten to 8th grade
- Athens Community School in North Athens, with school classes from Kindergarten to 8th grade
- Dexter Regional High School in Dexter, with grades 9 through 12
- Tri-County Technical Center in Dexter, option for high school students
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Freeman Knowles (1846-1910), politician
- Clyde Smith (1876-1940), politician
Web links
- Harmony on maine.gov (English)
- Harmony on City-data.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Harmony in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 30, 2020
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ^ Carson Hill. In: peakery.com. Accessed March 30, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ a b Harmony, Somerset County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 30, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Harmony, Maine (ME 04942) 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 March 30, 2020 .
- ^ Harmony - Maine: An Encyclopedia. In: maineanencyclopedia.com. Retrieved March 30, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
- ↑ About Us. In: aos94.org. Accessed March 30, 2020 (English).
