Linneus (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | March 19, 1836 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 3 ′ N , 67 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 984 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 8.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 118.7 km 2 (approx. 46 mi 2 ) of which 115.4 km 2 (approx. 45 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 172 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04730 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-39965 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582562 | ||
| Website : | maine.gov | ||
Linneus is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 984 inhabitants in 382 households.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Linneus has an area of 118.7 km² , of which 115.4 km² consists of land and 3.3 km² (= 2.79%) consists of water .
Geographical location
Linneus is located in the southeast of Aroostook County, near the border with Canada . In the northwest of the Meduxnekeag Lake and in the northeast of Nickerson Lake borders on the area of the town. In the center of Linneus lies the city's largest still water , the 163 m high Beaver Brook Lake . This is drained by the Beaver Brook to the south, which shortly before reaching the southern boundary of the district receives the Little Beaver Brook from the right, which drains the western part of the district. The surface of the area is flat, the highest point is the 344 m high Crow Hill in the west of the town .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: New Limerick , 1.7 mi
- Northeast: Houlton , 9.2 mi
- East: Hodgdon , 9.8 miles
- Southeast: Cary Plantation , 2.6 mi
- South: Unorganized Territory of South Aroostook , 16.5 mi
- Northwest: Oakfield , 9.8 mi
City structure
There are several settlement areas in Linneus : Linneus , North Linneus (former post office), South Linneus (former post office).
climate
The mean mean temperature in Linneus is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 10 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. At over five and a half meters, the snowfalls between October and May are almost 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 town of Linneus was founded on March 19, 1836. Linneus was a Massachusetts Grant to fill a professorship in botany. Hence Linneus was named after the renowned botanist Carl von Linné . The first settler in Linneus was Daniel Neal from New Brunswick. He settled here in 1826. A year later, the settlement area was divided into individual plots. Another settler was Colonel Moses Burleigh, captain of the Maine Militia in the War of 1812. He represented the district in the Massachusetts Legislature for several years and served in the Mains Legislature for several years after it separated from Massachusetts.
There were two sawmills and one gristmill in Linneus, near Meduxnekeag Lake. The soil is very good arable land and mainly potatoes, hay and wheat are grown, as well as maize.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Linneus, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 311 | 561 | 785 | 1008 | 917 | 965 | ||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 834 | 809 | 706 | 753 | 755 | 777 | 607 | 608 | 752 | 810 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 892 | 984 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
US Highway 2A , Bangor Road , runs through Linneus in a north-south direction and connects Linneus to the north with Presque Isle and to the south with Bangor.
Public facilities
Linneus does not have its own library. The closest is the Cary Library in Houlton.
There is no hospital or medical facility in Linneus. The closest hospital to Linneus and the region is in Houlton.
education
Linneus belongs to the Maine School Administrative District # 70 with Amity, Cary Plantation, Haynesville, Hodgdon, Ludlow and the New Limerick .
There are several schools in the school district for school children:
- Mill Pond School in Hodgdon
- Hodgdon Middle / High School in Hodgdon
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Edwin C. Burleigh (1843–1916), Governor of Maine
literature
- Edward Wiggin: History of Aroostook . tape 1 . The Star-Herald Press, Presque Isle ME 1922, p. 48 ff . ( Digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Linneus in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 23, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Crow Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Linneus, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed February 4, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Linneus, Maine (ME 04730) 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 January 23, 2018 (English).
- ^ History of Linneus, Maine From A Gazetteer of the State of Maine by Geo. J. Varney edited by BB Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston 1886
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- ^ Maine Education - School Administrative Reorganization. In: maine.gov. Retrieved December 31, 2017 (American English).
- ↑ MSAD 70 - Hodgdon, Maine School System. In: msad70.org. Retrieved January 23, 2018 .
