Kingfield

Kingfield
Maine Street in Kingfield
Location in Maine
Kingfield
Basic data
Foundation :	January 24, 1816
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 58 ′  N , 70 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 58 ′  N , 70 ° 11 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	997 (as of 2010)
Population density :	8.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	112.09 km 2  (approx. 43 mi 2 ) of which 111.68 km 2  (approx. 43 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	362 m
Postal code :	04947
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-37025
GNIS ID :	0582541
Website :	www.kingfield.me

Kingfield is a town in Franklin County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 997 inhabitants in 447 households on an area of ​​112.09 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Kingfield has a total area of ​​112.09 km², of which 111.68 km² is land and 0.4 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Kingfield is centrally located in eastern Franklin County on the Somerset County border . The Carrabasset River , a tributary of the Kennebec River , flows south through the area of ​​the town. There are several smaller lakes in the Kingfield area. The largest is the centrally located Tuffs Pond . The surface of the town is hilly, the highest point is the 890 m high Owl`s Head , in the direct vicinity is the 853 m high Black Nubble . Both peaks are to the northwest of Kingfield.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Carrabassett Valley , 6 mi
• Northeast: Highland Plantation , Somerset County, 6.9 mi
• East: Central Somerset , Unorganized Territory , Somerset County, 13.2 mi
• Southeast: New Portland , Somerset County, 8.5 mi
• West: East Central Franklin , Unorganized Territory, 12 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Kingfield : Kingfield , Park Road (former railway station), Sanfords (former railway station), Soule Mill and Tufts Pond Road (former railway station).

climate

The mean mean temperature in Kingfield is between -8.3 ° C (12 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° 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

Kingfield Village (1907)

Kingfield was Plantation No. after the area was surveyed by Solomon Adams in 1808 . 3, Range 1, of Bingham's Purchase . The first settlers arrived from Massachusetts a year or two earlier. Kingfield was organized into town in 1816. Kingfield was named after William King , the first governor of Maine, who was one of the major landowners and long-time residents of Kingfield.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Kingfield, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents			464	554	671	662	670	560	454	601
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	693	927	975	1024	860	963	864	877	1083	1114
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1103	997

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Herbert Grand Hotel

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

• The Herbert , recorded 2018, register no. 100002226
• Frank Hutchins House , recorded 1986, register no. 86003532
• William F. Norton House , recorded 1982, register no. 82000741
• Amos G. Winter House , recorded in 1976, register no. 76000191

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 27 runs north to south through the town. It connects Kingfield with Farmington in the south and the Canadian border in the north. Maine State Route 142 reaches the town from the southwest and Maine State Route 16 from the southeast .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Kingfield. The closest are Farmington and Bingham.

Kingfield has its own library, the Webster Free Library .

education

Kingfield is part of Regional School Union 58 / Maine School Administrative District 58 along with Avon, Phillips and Strong

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Mount Abram High School in Salem Township in the Unorganized Territory of East Central Franklin
• Kingfield Elementary School in Kingfield
• Phillips Elementary School in Phillips
• Strong Elementary School in Strong

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Freelan Oscar Stanley (1849–1940), entrepreneur and inventor

Web links

Commons : Kingfield, Maine  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Website of Kingfield (English)
• Kingfield on maine.gov (English)
• Kingfield on City-data.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kingfield in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 30, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ Owls Head. In: peakery.com. Retrieved April 24, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Black Nubble. In: peakery.com. Retrieved April 24, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
6. ↑ Kingfield, Franklin County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved April 24, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Kingfield, Maine (ME 04947) 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 April 24, 2018 (English). 
8. ^ History of Kingfield, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
10. ^ Webster Library - Town of Kingfield, Maine . In: Town of Kingfield, Maine . ( kingfieldme.org ).
11. ↑ MSAD58. In: msad58.org. MSAD58, accessed April 24, 2018 (American English).