Lebanon (Maine)

Lebanon
Lebanon Location in Maine
Basic data
Foundation :	June 25, 1767
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	York County
Coordinates :	43 ° 24 ′  N , 70 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 24 ′  N , 70 ° 51 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	6,031 (as of 2010)
Population density :	42.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	144.5 km 2  (approx. 56 mi 2 ) of which 141.7 km 2  (approx. 55 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	141 m
Postal code :	04027
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-38425
GNIS ID :	0582550
Website :	www.Lebanon-ME.org

Lebanon is a municipality in the state of Maine in the United States with 6,031 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census). The community meets the New Hampshire border in the west and is surrounded by several large settlements ( Rochester , Portsmouth , Sanford, etc.). Major rivers that run through the town are the Salmon Falls River and the Little River . The area is predominantly agricultural.

The area was sold to settlers by Massachusetts in 1733 under the name Towwhow Plantation (after the Indian name for this area) and plowed by them a few years later. On June 25, 1767, the community was declared a town, an administratively independent unit with a seat in the Maine Senate, under the current name Lebanon .

In 1871 the Portland and Rochester Railroad reached the place with the Portland – Rochester railway line and built the East Lebanon station (today: Eastwood ) there. The emigration of residents - between 1830 and 1870 the number of residents fell by 18% from 2391 to 1953 - could not stop the railway line, on the contrary: by 1930 the number of residents fell to 1,148. Starting from this historic low, the number of residents has since increased more than fivefold. In particular, the discovery of the place as a local recreation area for the residents of the large metropolitan areas on the east coast with the simultaneous increase in mobility due to the constant spread of cars is responsible for this development.

All types of school up to high school are represented in the community. The most important mode of transport is US Route 202, which runs from south-east to north-west through the town and connects Lebanon (Maine) to the centers on the east coast.

sons and daughters of the town

• Charles E. Littlefield (1851–1915), politician and member of the US House of Representatives

Web links

• Homepage of the municipality (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lebanon in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed August 29, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ AJ Coolidge and JB Mansfield: A History and Description of New England, general and local ; Boston 1859; Volume 1, p. 185 f
4. ↑ List of schools on the municipality's homepage ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.