Matinicus Isle
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 View of the harbor, around 1908 |
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| Location in Maine | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | October 22, 1840 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Knox County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 54 ′ N , 69 ° 1 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 74 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 12.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 26 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of which 6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 0 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04851 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-44165 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582584 | ||
| Website : | www.matinicusplantation.com | ||
Matinicus Isle is a plantation in Knox County of the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 74 people lived there in 41 households on an area of 26 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Matinicus Isle has a total area of 26 km², of which 6 km² is land and 20 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
The town of Matinicus Isle comprises several islands in Penobscot Bay of the Atlantic Ocean . The larger and better known islands include: Matinicus Island , No Mans Land (Nomansland) and Tenpound Island . The surface is flat, without any significant elevations.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Vinalhaven , 15 miles
- Northeast: Isle au Haut , 26.9 mi
- South: Criehaven , Unorganized Territory , 9.2 mi
- West: St. George , 15 miles
- Northwest: South Thomaston , 9.2 mi / 14.9 km
- North-Northwest: Owls Head , 6 mi
City structure
In Matinicus Isle there is only the Matinicus settlement area .
climate
The mean mean temperature at Matinicus Isle is between −6.8 ° C (20 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 6 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
French fishermen used the islands early on. They were first mentioned in a letter from John Josselyn from 1671, in which he reported that houses, cows, farmland and pastures can be found on the islands. From 1728 William Vaughn used the islands as a location for fishing. After he withdrew his boats in 1757, there was a raid on Ebenezer Hall and his family, the only ones left on the island.
Hall was the first permanent European settler to settle on Matinicus Isle with his family in 1751. He made the land usable by slash and burn, thereby depriving the Penobscots , who had used the islands seasonally for generations, the foundation. The Penobscot wrote a letter of protest to Spencer Phips , Deputy Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay , which was unsuccessful. They then burned Hall's house and killed Hall, taking his wife and two daughters prisoner. One son escaped, another was on the mainland at the time. A son later returned to the island with his family.
To give residents the right to vote, the area was organized as Matinicus Isle Plantation on October 22, 1840. It included the islands of Matinicus Island, Matinicus Rock, Wooden Ball Island, and Ragged Island. Ragged Island, Wooden Ball Island, Seal Island, and Matinicus Rock were split off in 1897 and organized as the Criehaven Plantation. This ended in 1925 when the Criehaven Plantation was disorganized.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Matinicus Isle, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1700 | 1710 | 1720 | 1730 | 1740 | 1750 | 1760 | 1770 | 1780 | 1790 |
| Residents | 59 | |||||||||
| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 53 | 95 | 105 | 145 | 192 | 220 | 276 | 277 | 243 | 196 |
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 184 | 179 | 140 | 156 | 112 | 188 | 100 | 90 | 66 | 67 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 51 | 74 | ||||||||
Culture and sights
Buildings
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The lighthouse Matinicus Rock Light Station was placed under monument protection in 1988 and under the register no. 88000149 inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
You can get to Matinicus Island with the Matinicus Ferry . It connects Matinicus Isle with Rockland. There are several municipal roads on the island.
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities or hospitals on Matinicus Isle. The closest are in Rockland.
On Matinicus Isle, the Matinicus Island Library is on South Road.
education
The Matinicus Isle School is a small community school.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matinicus Isle in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed September 18, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ a b c Matinicus Isle, Knox County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ Isle au Haut (neighboring Town) on City-Data.com , accessed on September 18, 2018
- ↑ a b Maine Encyclopedia on Matinicus Isle , accessed September 18, 2018
- ↑ History of Matinicus Isle on the website of Plantation , accessed on September 18, 2018
- ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
- ↑ Matinicus Rock Light Station 88000149
- ↑ Matinicus Ferry , accessed on September 18, 2018
- ↑ Matinicus Isle School , accessed on September 18, 2018
