Hope (Maine)
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.jpg) View from Spruce Mountain in Hope |
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| Location in Maine | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | June 23, 1804 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Knox County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 14 ′ N , 69 ° 11 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,536 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 27 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 61.85 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) of which 56.88 km 2 (approx. 22 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 165 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04847 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-33840 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582524 | ||
| Website : | hopemaine.org | ||
Hope is a town in Knox County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1536 inhabitants in 603 households on an area of 61.85 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Hope has a total area of 61.85 km², of which 56.88 km² is land and 4.97 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
Hope is in northeast Knox County and borders Waldo County . There are several small lakes in the town's area. The largest is Alford Lake to the west. To the east are Hobbs Pond and Fish Pond, and to the southwest, Lermond Pond . The surface of the area is slightly hilly, the highest point is the 336 m high Hatchet Mountain .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Searsmont , Waldo County, 3 mi
- Northeast: Lincolnville , Waldo County, 8.4 mi
- East: Camden , 8.5 miles
- Southeast: Rockport , 6.9 mi
- South: Warren , 4.7 miles
- Southwest: Union , 6.8 mi
- Northwest: Appleton , 5.2 mi
City structure
Hope has several settlement areas: Athearns Corner , Grants Turn , Hope , North Hope Corner , Payson Corner, and South Hope .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Hope is between −7.2 ° C (19 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 6 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 first European settlers arrived in the Hope area in the 1780s. The settlement was promoted by Charles Barrett, who received a patent from the Plymouth Council in 1785 in which he undertook to settle 45 settlers within 3 years. For this he should get half the area of the area. The first settlers he recruited reached the area in 1786.
The fact that Hope was not organized as Town until 1804 was due to the blockade of the original land speculators, who had received the grant for Hope, but had only sold a small part of their shares. They did not want to pay taxes for the construction of the school, cemetery and other infrastructure. On June 23, 1804, however, the organization took place as a town and Barrettstown Plantation became the Town Hope. Land was given to the neighboring town of Appleton in 1843. About a third of the area and the part that was most economical split off.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Hope, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 787 | 1179 | 1541 | 1770 | 1108 | 1064 | 907 | 830 | 641 | |
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 599 | 497 | 424 | 464 | 524 | 504 | 525 | 500 | 730 | 1017 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 1310 | 1536 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Maine State Route 17 runs through the southern corner of the Town from west to east. The Maine State Route 105 also extends from west to east along the north-eastern border of Hope. Maine State Route 235 runs centrally through the area in a north-south direction .
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Hope. The closest are in Camden, Waldoboro and Rockland.
In Hope, the Hope Library is on Camden Road. It was founded in 1991.
education
Hope is part of the Five Town School Districts along with Appleton, Camden, Lincolnville and Rockport . They form MSAD 28 and Union 69.
There are several schools in the school district for school children:
- Camden Hills Regional High School Grades 9-12, in Camden
- Camden-Rockport Middle School Grades 5-8, in Camden
- Camden-Rockport Elementary School School classes K-4, in Camden
- Appleton Village School School classes K-8, in Appleton
- Hope Elementary School School classes K-8, in Hope
- Lincolnville Central School School Classes K-8, in Lincolnville
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hope in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed September 16, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Hatchet Mountain on peakery.com , accessed on September 16, 2018
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ Hope, Knox County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Hope on City-Data.com , accessed on September 16, 2018
- ↑ a b History of Hope on the Town's website , accessed September 16, 2018
- ↑ Population 1840-2010 according to census results
- ↑ Hope Library , accessed September 16, 2018
- ^ Five Town School District , accessed September 16, 2018
