Kingsbury, Maine

Kingsbury
Kingsbury Pond
Location in Maine
Kingsbury
Basic data
Foundation :	March 22, 1836
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Piscataquis County
Coordinates :	45 ° 9 ′  N , 69 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 9 ′  N , 69 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	28 (as of 2010)
Population density :	0.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	115.6 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 114.3 km 2  (approx. 44 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	290 m
Postal code :	04942
FIPS :	23-37095
GNIS ID :	0582543
Website :	www.kingsburyplantation.com/home.html

Kingsbury is a plantation in Piscataquis County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 28 people lived there in 141 households (in the United States vacation rentals are also counted as households) on an area of ​​115.6 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Kingsbury has a total area of ​​115.6 km², of which 114.3 km² are land and 1.2 km² consist of water .

Geographical location

Kingsbury is in the southwest of Piscataquis County and borders Somerset County . To the southwest is Kingsbury Pond , to the north is Foss Pond and to the northeast is Whetstone Pond . The surface is slightly hilly and the highest point is the centrally located, 467 m high Foss Mountain .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Blanchard , Unorganized Territory, 6.9 mi
• Northeast: Monson , 11 mi
• East: Abbot , 9.4 km
• Southeast: Parkman , 9.2 mi
• South: Wellington , 5.3 mi
• Southwest: Brighton Plantation , Somerset County, 8 mi
• West: Northeast Somerset , Unorganized Territory, Somerset County, 25 mi

City structure

There are two settlement areas in Kingsbury: Happy Corner and Kingsbury .

climate

The mean average temperature in Kingsbury is between −11.1 ° C (12  ° F ) in January and 19.4 ° C (67 ° 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

Kingsbury was part of the Bingham Purchase from William Bingham . In 1833, Sanford Kingsbury, who was a lawyer in Gardiner, Maine at the time, bought the area and began the settlement. In 1836 there were already enough settlers in the place that it was organized as a town on March 22, 1836, named after its first owner Kingsbury. Kingsbury lost town status in 1886 and was organized as a plantation in 1887.

Population development

Census Results - Plantation of Kingsbury, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents					227	181	191	174	198	205
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	106	108	63	50	63	35	8th	7th	4th	13
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	9	28

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 16 runs in west-east direction through the area.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Kingsbury. Closest facilities for Kingsbury residents are Dover-Foxcroft and Dexter.

Kingsbury does not have its own library, the closest being the Guilford Memorial Library in Guilford.

education

The Kingsbury Plantation School Department is responsible for school education.

Web links

Commons : Kingsbury Plantation, Maine  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• The community site (English)
• Kingsbury on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kingsbury in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 3, 2020
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ Foss Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved January 3, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ ^{A b} Kingsbury Plantation, Piscataquis County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved January 3, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Abbot, Maine (ME 04406) Data for the neighboring Abbot. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on January 3, 2020 . 
7. ^ History of Kingsbury, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed January 3, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Population 1840-2010 according to census results