Livermore (Maine)

Livermore
Public Library (2014)
Location in Maine
Livermore
Basic data
Foundation :	February 28, 1795
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Androscoggin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 24 ′  N , 70 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 24 ′  N , 70 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2,095 (as of 2010)
Population density :	21.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	102.05 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 97.44 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	163 m
Postcodes :	04253
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-40665
GNIS ID :	00582566
Website :	livermoremaine.org

Livermore is a town in Androscoggin County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 2095 inhabitants in 1127 households on an area of ​​102.0 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Livermore has a total area of ​​102.05 km², of which 97.44 km² is land and 4.61 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Livemore is in the northwest of Androscoggin County. The Androscoggin River forms the eastern border of Livemore. In the area of ​​the town there are several lakes, the Long Pond to the north and the Round Pond to the west and the Brettuns Pond to the west . The highest peaks in Livemore are the 341 m high Shakley Hill and 334 m high Campbell Hill . The soil is very fertile.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Jay , 5.5 mi
• East: Livermore Falls , 4.5 mi
• South: Turner , 4 miles
• Southeast: Hartford , 8.5 mi
• Northeast: Canton , 6.7 mi

City structure

In Livemore there are several settlement areas, Centrally located Central Livemore and south of it South Livemore . Other settlement areas are: Gibbs Mill , Livermore (Brettuns Mills, Brettun's Mills, Livermore Village), Norlands , North Livermore and West Side .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Livemore is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (60 ° 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. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

Livemore was founded on February 28, 1795. Originally it was given as a grand to some soldiers for their use against Port Royal in the mid-18th century. Deacon Elijah Livermore and Major Thomas Fish were the first settlers in 1779. Major Fish died in a winter snow storm on his way home from Winthrop to visit the lady he was engaged to. Deacon Livermore built the first mill in town in 1782 or 1783 near Long Pond. Sawmills, fulling mills and grist mills were operated at the outflow of this lake.

The Washburn family lived in Livemore. Many members of this family shaped the politics of those years. Among them, Reuel Washburn, Probate Judge for Androscoggin, Cadwallader C. Washburn, 11th Governor of the State of Wisconsin, Elihu B. Washburne, Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant , Israel Washburn, Jr. Governor of the State of Maine and William D Washburn, who represented the state of Minnesota in both houses of Congress. But other politically very active people were also based in Livemore, such as General David Learned, Jonathan G. Hunton, later Governor of Maine.

In Livemore there was a sawmill and a cheese factory. A tannery, two mills, a grist mill in North Livermore; and a sawmill near Livermore Falls.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Livermore, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	863	1560	2174	2453	2745	1764	1597	1467	1262	1151
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1125	1100	1064	1113	1302	1313	1363	1610	1826	1950
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2106	2095

Culture and sights

Buildings

Two buildings in Livermore have been listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

• Nelson Family Farm , recorded in 1992, register no. 92001707
• The Norlands , recorded in 1969, register no. 69000004

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In a north-south direction, Maine State Route 4 runs through Livermore. South of the Brettuns Ponds cross the west-east running Maine State Route 108 .

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Livermore. The closest are in Canton and Dixfield.

education

Together with Jay and Livermore Falls, Livermore is part of the Spruce Mountain School District or Regional School Unit # 73 . In Livermore is the Spruce Mountain Primary School with classes from kindergarten through second grade. The Spruce Mountain Elementary School is located as well as the Spruce Mountain Middle School and the Spruce Mountain High School in Jay.

The Livermore Public Library Association was founded on May 25, 1917, but until 1850 there was evidence of a library that was supported by the town and run by volunteers.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Timothy Otis Howe (1816–1883), American lawyer and politician
• Henry Arthur Sanders (1886–1956), classical philologist and papyrologist
• Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), American politician
• Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), American politician
• Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), American politician
• William D. Washburn (1831-1912), American politician

Web links

Commons : Livermore, Maine  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Livemore
• Livmore on City-Data.com
• Livermore on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maine zip code list on maine.com ( Memento from March 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Livermore in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed December 30, 2017
3. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
4. ↑ Shackley Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
5. ^ Campbell Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
6. ↑ ^{a b c} History of Livermore, Maine From A Gazetteer of the State of Maine by Geo. J. Varney edited by BB Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston 1886
7. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
8. ↑ Livermore, Androscoggin County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed February 4, 2018 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Livermore, Maine (ME 04253) 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 December 30, 2017 (English). 
10. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
11. ^ Spruce Mountain School District - RSU # 73 - Jay, Livermore & Livermore Falls. In: rsu73.org. Retrieved December 30, 2017 (American English). 
12. ^ Spruce Mountain Primary School - Spruce Mountain School District. In: rsu73.org. Retrieved December 30, 2017 (American English). 
13. ↑ Livermore Public Library | Located in Brettuns Village. In: me.us. livermore.lib.me.us, accessed December 30, 2017 (American English).