Liberty (Maine)

Liberty
Location in Maine
Liberty
Basic data
Foundation :	January 31, 1827
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Waldo County
Coordinates :	44 ° 22 ′  N , 69 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 22 ′  N , 69 ° 20 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	913 (as of 2010)
Population density :	13.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	73.56 km 2  (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 67.34 km 2  (approx. 26 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	226 m
Postal code :	04949
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-39055
GNIS ID :	0582555
Website :	www.libertymaine.us

Liberty is a town in Waldo County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 913 people lived there in 718 households, in the United States holiday homes are also counted as households, on an area of ​​73.56 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Liberty has a total area of ​​73.56 km², of which 67.34 km² is land and 6.22 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

Liberty is located in southeast Waldo County and borders Knox County . Several lakes are in the area, the largest being St. George Lake in the north and Stevens Pond in the east. The surface is slightly hilly, the 267 m high Bolen Hill is the highest point in the area.

Neighboring communities

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

• Northeast: Montville , 4.8 mi
• East: Searsmont , 7 miles
• Southeast: Appleton , Knox County, 5.4 mi
• South: Washington , Knox County, 4.8 mi
• West: Palermo , 8.2 km

City structure

There are seven settlement areas in Liberty: Clarks Corner , Connors Corner , Fish Turn , Liberty , Libertyville , Shermans Corner, and South Liberty .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Liberty ranges from -7.8 ° C (18  ° F ) in January to 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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 Liberty area was under the grant of the Waldo patent , previously the Muscongus patent. The area was settled from 1800. On January 31, 1827 Liberty was organized as a town. The area previously belonged to the Montville Plantation. Parts of Montville were added in 1876.

There were large apple orchards and fertile farmland in Liberty. Liberty Village had an axes maker, a foundry, five sawmills, and a flour mill. There were also other craftsmen who made tools for agriculture such as rakes, saddles or boots and shoes.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Liberty, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents				676	895	1116	1095	907	970	835
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	737	650	571	516	499	497	458	515	694	790
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	927	913

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Liberty, a building was listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places . The location of the archaeological site is not disclosed.

• Old Post Office , 2002 under the register no. 73000149.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 220 runs north to south through the area. It is crossed by Maine State Route 3 .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Liberty. The closest are in Belfast.

The Ivan O. Davis - Liberty Library is located in Liberty . In 1993 it was decided to set up a library in the town and in 1995 a committee was formed for that library. Ivan O. Davis offered the town the use of the Hunt Tannery's "old wage shed". The Hunt Tannery was an important enterprise in the town from 1800 to 1915. It was opened in September 1996. The neighboring Montville also got involved in the library from 1998, so that the residents of Montville can also use the library. The library moved to its current location in the old fire department building in 2002.

education

Liberty belongs to RSU # 3 with Brooks, Freedom, Jackson, Knox, Monroe, Montville, Thorndike, Troy, Unity and Waldo .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Monroe Elementary School in Monroe
• Morse Memorial Elementary School in Brooks
• Mount View Elementary in Thorndike
• Mount View Middle School in Thorndike
• Mount View High School in Thorndike
• Troy Elementary in Troy
• Unity School in Unity
• Walker Elementary in Liberty

Individual evidence

1. ^ Liberty in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed July 25, 2020
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Bolen Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved July 25, 2020 (English). 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ ^{A b} Liberty, Waldo County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2020 (English). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Liberty, Maine (ME 04949) 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 25, 2020 . 
7. ^ Liberty. In: maineanencyclopedia.com. 2012, Retrieved July 25, 2020 (American English). 
8. ↑ Population 1830–2010 according to census results
9. ↑ Old Post Office 73000149
10. ^ History. In: me.us. 2015, Retrieved July 25, 2020 (American English). 
11. ↑ RSU3 - School District. In: rsu3.org. Retrieved July 25, 2020 (American English). 

Web links

Commons : Liberty, Maine  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Community website
• Liberty on City.com
• Liberty on my.gov