Medford (Maine)

Medford
Old Church, Medford
Location in Maine
Medford
Basic data
Foundation :	January 31, 1824
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Piscataquis County
Coordinates :	45 ° 18 ′  N , 68 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 18 ′  N , 68 ° 53 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	254 (as of 2010)
Population density :	2.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	111.78 km 2  (approx. 43 mi 2 ) of which 109.58 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	114 m
Postal code :	04463
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-44830
GNIS ID :	0582589
Website :	www.trcmaine.org/medford
Piscataquis River at Medford

Medford is a town in Piscataquis County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 254 inhabitants in 164 households on an area of ​​111.78 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Medford has a total area of ​​111.78 km², of which 109.58 km² is land and 2.2 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Medford is located in southeast Piscataquis County and is bordered by Penobscot County to the east and south . The Piscataquis River flows east through the center of the town. In the area of ​​the town there are only smaller lakes, which are connected to the Piscataquis River by other smaller rivers. The surface is slightly hilly and the highest point is the 160 m high Paddy Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Lake View , 5.3 mi
• Northeast: Seboeis , Penobscot County, 8.5 mi
• East: Maxfield , Penobscot County, 7 mi
• Southeast: Howland , Penobscot County,
• South: LaGrange , Penobscot County, 9.7 mi
• Southwest: Southeast Piscataquis , Unorganized Territory , 14.1 km
• West: Milo , 5.5 miles
• Northwest: Brownville , 7.8 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Medford : Dean , Medford , Medford Center, and North Medford .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Medford is between −11.1 ° C (12 ° F ) in January and 19.4 ° C (67 ° 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

After the area was surveyed, it was named Township No. 2, Seventh Range North of Waldo Patent (T2 R7 NWP) . As early as 1808, James Grover lived with his family on the south bank of the Piscataquis near the upper ferry. A Mr. Boobar followed, and later a Mr. Weston and two Hitchborns came from Bangor. Around 1820 the state opened Bennock Road from the Piscataquis River to Oldtown. The western half was given to David Gilmore in 1816 for making Dixmont Road. The eastern half was bought by General John Parker Boyd that same year . On January 31, 1824, it was organized as a Town under the name Kilmarnock . The choice of name went back to the request of General Boyd. The name was changed to Medford in 1856 at the request of the residents . Historians suggest that the name Kilmarnock goes back to the town where General Boyd's father may have originally come from. The right to be organized as a town was given up in 1940 and the area was organized as a plantation in 1942 . Again as Town, Medford was reorganized in 1967.

Boyd built the largest sawmill on the Penobscot or one of its branches in 1820 at the point where the Schoodic Stream flows into the Piscataquis. It had several successors. In 1835 a sawmill and a gristmill were built in Cold Brook and the settlement of Medford emerged around them.

Medford is part of the Three Rivers Community Alliance , a loose community association based in Milo .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Medford, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents							353	294	398	306
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	282	262	228	251	213	191		146	163	194
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	231	254

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Medford, an archaeological site, Little Schoodic Stream Archeological Site (107-4), has been placed under protection and added to the National Register of Historic Places . The exact location is protected and will not be published.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Medford itself was connected to the US railroad network by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad and was on the South Lagrange – Packards railway line .

A road branches off from Maine State Route 6 in neighboring Milo, which runs parallel to the Piscataquis River in a west-east direction through the area.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Medford. Closest facilities for Medford residents are in Howland.

Medford does not have its own library, the closest one is in Milo.

education

Medford belongs to MSAD 41 with the other communities of the Three Rivers Community : Bowerbank, Brownville, LaGrange, Lake View, Medford, Milo and Sebec as well as the township of Atkinson.

There are several schools in the school district:

• Brownville Elementary School in Brownville, with grades 3 and 4
• Milo Elementary School in Milo, with the school classes from pre-kindergarten to 2
• Penquis Valley Middle School in Milo, with grades 5 to 8
• Penquis Valley High School in Milo, with grades 9 to 12

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• John Parker Boyd (1764-1830), General

Web links

Commons : Medford, Maine  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• The community site (English)
• Medford on maine.gov
• Medford on City-data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Medford in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 5, 2020
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ Paddy Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved January 5, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Medford, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved January 5, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Medford, Maine (ME 04463) 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 5, 2020 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} History of Medford, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed January 5, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Medford, Maine. In: trcmaine.org. 2013, accessed on January 5, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Population 1860–2010 according to census results
10. ↑ Schoodic Stream Archeological Site (107-4) 89000256
11. ↑ MSAD 41. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed January 5, 2020 .