Harpswell

Harpswell
Tarr-Eaton House
Location in Maine
Harpswell
Basic data
Foundation :	1758
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Cumberland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 44 ′  N , 69 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 44 ′  N , 69 ° 58 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	4,740 (as of 2010)
Population density :	75.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	330.7 km 2  (approx. 128 mi 2 ) of which 62.6 km 2  (approx. 24 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	0 m
Postcodes :	04003, 04066, 04079
FIPS :	23-31390
GNIS ID :	00582511
Website :	www.harpswell.maine.gov

Harpswell is a town in Cumberland County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 4,740 inhabitants in 4208 households on an area of ​​330.7 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the place has a total area of ​​330.7 km², of which 62.6 km² is land and 268.1 km² is water.

Geographical location

Harpswell is the southeasternmost town in Cumberland County and is located on a southwest-facing peninsula in Casco Bay in the Atlantic Ocean . The peninsula is bordered by other parallel islands on each side. Harpswell Harbor is on the east side and Middle Bay is on the west side.

Expansion of the urban area

The town of Harpswell extends over several islands, the larger islands are: Bailey Island (Bailey's Island), Birch Island, Dingley Island, Haskell Island (once called Damariscove Island), Long Island, Lower Goose Island, Orrs Island (Orr's Island), Ragged Island, Sebascodegan Island (Sebascodiggan Island), Upper Goose Island, Whaleboat Island and Yarmouth Island.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Brunswick , 3.9 miles
• Northeast: West Bath , Sagadahoc County , 8.5 mi
• Southeast: Phippsburg , Sagadahoc County, 10.1 mi
• South: Chebeague Island , 7.5 mi
• Southwest: Yarmouth , 13.2 mi
• West: Freeport , 14.0 km

City structure

There are several settlement areas: Bailey Island (Bailey's Island), Basin Point, Cundys Harbor, Dyer Cove, East Harpswell, Gun Point, High Head, North Harpswell, Oak Ledge, South Harpswell, and West Harpswell .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Harpswell ranges from −6.1 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) 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

Originally the area was settled by Indians from the Abenaki tribe. Their name for this area was Merriconeag and their name for Great Island was Erascohegan and Sebascodiggin, respectively . In 1869, Nicholas Shapleigh bought the island from the Abenaki. Since attacks by the Abenaki took place, settlement could only take place after the end of the Silly War . Originally part of the town of North Yarmouth , Harpswell was founded by the Massachusetts General Court in 1758 and named after Harpswell in Lincolnshire . The Harpswell industries include agriculture, shipbuilding, but above all fishing. Harpswell is also popular with artists and tourists.

Harriet Beecher Stowe spent many months of the summer on the islands of Harpswell. She made the middle one the setting for her story The Pearl of Orr's Island .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Harpswell, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										1071
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1049	1190	1253	1352	1448	1534	1603	1749	1773	1766
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1750	1650	1242	1364	1305	1644	2032	2552	3796	5012
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	5239	4740

Culture and sights

Buildings

Library Hall Bailey Island

Tarr Eaton House

Halfway Rock Light

A district and several structures are listed buildings and have been added to the National Register of Historic Places .

as a district

• Auburn-Harpswell Association Historic District , incorporated in 1985, Register No. 85000615

further structures

• Bailey Island Cobwork Bridge , recorded 1975, register no. 75000093
• Pennell Institute , incorporated in 1982, Register No. 82000750
• Bailey Island Library Hall , recorded in 2008, Register No. 08001253
• Deacon Andrew Dunning House , recorded 1999, register no. 99001188
• Eagle Island , recorded in 1971, register no. 71000069
• East Harpswell Free Will Baptist Church , recorded in 1988, register no. 88000150
• Halfway Rock Light Station , recorded in 1988, register no. 08001253
• Harpswell Meetinghouse , recorded in 1968, register no. 68000014
• Elijah Kellogg Church , recorded 1979, register no. 79000140
• Elijah Kellogg House , recorded in 1975, register no. 75000096
• Little Mark Island Monument , recorded in 2016, register no. 16000338
• Merriconegan Farm , recorded 1979, register no. 79000269
• Union Church , recorded in 1988, register no. 88000889
• Union Hotel , recorded in 1985, register no. 85002179
• Tarr-Eaton House , recorded 2001, register no. 01001416

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 10 runs over Sebascodegan Iceland and the Maine State Route 123 about Harpswell.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities at Harpswell. There are hospitals in Brunswick, Freeport and Bath.

Harpswell has two public libraries. The Cundy's Harbor Library is located on Sebascodegan Island in Harpswell and the Orr's Island Library is located on Orr Island in Harpswell.

education

Harpswell is part of the Maine School Administrative District 75 with Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Topsham .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Bowdoin Central School in Bowdoin (Kindergarten to 5th grade)
• Bowdoinham Community School in Bowdoinham (Kindergarten through 5th grade)
• Harpswell Community School in Harpswell (Kindergarten through 5th grade)
• Williams-Cone Elementary School in Topsham (Kindergarten to 5th grade)
• Woodside Elementary School in Topsham (Kindergarten through 5th grade)
• Mt. Ararat Middle School in Topsham (6th to 8th grade)
• Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham (9th to 12th grade)
• Region 10 Technical High School in Brunswick

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Stephen Etnier (1903–1984), painter
• Elijah Kellogg (1813–1902), Congregational Priest
• James L. Nelson (born 1962), author

Web links

Commons : Harpswell, Maine  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Harpswell homepage
• Harpswell administrative records on the official Maine state websites

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harpswell in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 11, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Harpswell, Cumberland County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed March 11, 2018 (English). 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Harpswell, Maine (ME 04066) 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 11, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ History of Harpswell ( Memento April 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on February 22, 2016
7. ^ History of Harpswell, Maine From A Gazetteer of the State of Maine by Geo. J. Varney edited by BB Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston 1886
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ Cundy's Harbor Library. In: cundysharbor.me. Retrieved March 11, 2018 (American English). 
10. ↑ About Us . In: Orr's Island Library . 2011 ( oilblogcom.com ).
11. ^ Home - Maine School Administrative District 75. In: link75.org. Retrieved March 11, 2018 (American English).