Mapleton, Maine
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Located in Aroostook County and Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | March 5, 1880 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 42 ′ N , 68 ° 7 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,948 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 22.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 88.94 km 2 (about 34 mi 2 ) of which 87.98 km 2 (about 34 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 228 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04757 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-43255 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 00582579 | ||
| Website : | mapleton.me | ||
Mapleton is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1948 people in 864 households.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Freedom has a total area of 88.94 km², of which 87.98 km² is land and 0.96 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
Mapleton is in northeast Aroostook County. The Aroostook River flows east through the north of the town . The town area is largely drained by the eastward flowing North Branch Presque Isle Stream and the Teakettle Brook flowing into it from the north ; only the extreme northwest of Mapleton is drained by the Clayton Brook, which flows into the Aroostook River . To the east is Hanson Lake . The surface of the area is rather flat. The highest point is the 202 m high Hobart Hill in the southeast of Mapleton.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Washburn , 2.3 miles
- East: Presque Isle , 8.3 miles
- South: Chapman , 2.7 mi
- West: Castle Hill , 8 miles
- Northwest: Wade , 9.7 mi
In the southwest of Mapleton are areas that are not intended for settlement and are not subject to any administration. However, they are subdivided into systematic parcels for later use or for major projects (e.g. the laying of high-voltage lines from power plants).
City structure
There are several settlement areas in Mapletonn: Brannen (railway station), Mapleton , State Road and Traprock (former railway station).
climate
The mean mean temperature in Mapleton is between −12.2 ° C (10 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 19.4 ° C (67 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 3.5 degrees cooler in winter compared to the long-term mean of Maine, while the summer half-year largely corresponds to the mean of Maine. The snowfall between October and May, with a peak value of around 62 cm in January, is up to three meters, about three times the average snow depth in the USA, the daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.
history
The soil in Mapleton is sandy, loamy soil, fairly fertile and easy to work with. Mainly potatoes are grown. There was a starch factory in town that processed 60,000 bushels of potatoes a year. There are two settlements within the town, Mapleton to the southwest and State Road to the northwest. Sawmills, gravel works and a potash factory were operated on the rivers.
On March 5, 1880 Mapleton was declared a town, named after the Maple growing in the forests of Mapleton . In 1870 there were 444 residents in the town, in 1880 there were 705.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Mapleton, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 444 | 705 | 832 | |||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 853 | 1120 | 1128 | 1283 | 1354 | 1367 | 1514 | 1598 | 1895 | 1853 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 1889 | 1948 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Maine State Route 163 runs in a west-east direction . It connects Mapleton with Presque Isle in the east and Ashland in the west. Maine State Route 227 meanders through the north of the town .
Mapleton is on the Squa Pan – Stockholm railway line . A junction leads to the Mapleton – Presque Isle railway , which is used exclusively for freight traffic.
Public facilities
Mapleton does not have a library of its own; the Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle is the closest library.
There is no hospital in Mapleton. The closest hospitals to residents of this area are in Caribou and Presque Isle.
education
Mapleton is part of the Maine School Administrative District # 1 with Castle Hill, Chapman, Presque Isle and Westfield .
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Zippel Elementary School in Presque Isle
- Mapleton Elementary School in Mapleton
- Pine Street Elementary School in Presque Isle
- Presque Isle Middle School in Presque Isle
- Presque Isle High School in Presque Isle
- Presque Isle Regional Career & Technical Center in Presque Isle
literature
- Edward Wiggin: History of Aroostook . tape 1 . The Star-Herald Press, Presque Isle ME 1922, p. 249 ff . ( Digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mapleton in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 27, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ^ Hobart Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Mapleton, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Mapleton, Maine (ME 04757) 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 27, 2018 (English).
- ^ History of Mapleton, 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
- Jump up ↑ Home - Maine School Administrative District # 1. In: sad1.org. Maine School Administrative District # 1, accessed January 6, 2018 (American English).
