Levant (Maine)

Levant
Levant Location in Maine
Basic data
Foundation :	June 14, 1813
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Penobscot County
Coordinates :	44 ° 53 ′  N , 69 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 53 ′  N , 69 ° 0 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2,851 (as of 2010)
Population density :	36.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	77.88 km 2  (approx. 30 mi 2 ) of which 77.86 km 2  (approx. 30 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	88 m
Postal code :	04456
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-38705
GNIS ID :	0582553
Website :	townoflevant.net

Levant is a town in Penobscot County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 2851 inhabitants in 1146 households on an area of ​​77.88 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Levant has a total area of ​​77.88 km², of which 77.86 km² is land and 0.02 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Levant is centrally located in the south of Penobscot County. The Black Stream , a tributary of the Kenduskeag Stream , flows east through the town's area. There are no lakes in Levant, the surface is rather flat, without any major elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Corinth , 13.8 km
• Northeast: Kenduskeag , 4.3 mi
• East: Glenburn , 7.5 miles
• South-east: Hermon , 6 miles
• Southwest: Carmel , 8.5 km
• West: Stetson , 5 km
• Northwest: Exeter , 8.6 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Levant : Levant , Rodger's Corner , South Levant, and West Levant .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Levant ranges from −7.8 ° C (18 ° F ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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

The first settlers in Levant were William and George Tebbets and Messrs Boobar and Knowland, who settled the area before 1800. When Major Moses Hodsdon settled in the Kenduskeag Village area in 1801, this area was still part of the Levant area. The sawmills and gristmills he built, as well as three apartment buildings, a shop and a forge, were among the first buildings in the area. His brothers followed him into the area and they too set up other businesses. The settlers were able to acquire the land rights from William Wetmore, who had acquired them from the Commonwealth in 1792. The name of the plantation was Kenduskeag, which kept the name until it was organized as a town on June 14, 1813. The town was named Levant. The north-eastern part of the town was split off in 1852 and organized as Kenduskeag as an independent town.

Initially, the area was named Township No. 2, Third Range North of Waldo Patent (T2 R3 NWP) .

The now disused Bangor (Maine) tram opened up the area from 1889 to 1945.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Levant, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents			143	747	1061	1841	1301	1159	1076	880
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	789	707	602	596	661	706	765	802	1117	1627
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2171	2851

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Maine State Route 222 runs through Levant in a west-east direction .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Levant. Closest facilities for Levant residents are in Bangor.

education

Levant and Carmel belong to Regional School Unit 87. The following schools are available in the school district:

• Carmel Elementary in Carmel, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 4th grade
• Suzanne M. Smith Elementary in Levant, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade
• Caravel Middle in Carmel, with school classes from 5th to 8th grade

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• William Haines (politician) (1854-1919), politician and governor of the State of Maine

Web links

• The community site (English)
• Levant on maine.gov
• Levant on City-data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Levant in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed July 21, 2019
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ ^{a b} Levant, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved July 21, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Levant, Maine (ME 04456) 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 July 21, 2019 . 
6. ^ History of Levant, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed July 21, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
8. ^ District Office. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed July 21, 2019 .