Merrill (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | September 6, 1858 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 10 ′ N , 68 ° 14 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 273 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 2.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 96.8 km 2 (approx. 37 mi 2 ) of which 96.7 km 2 (approx. 37 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 170 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04780 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-45180 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 00582583 | ||
| Website : | aroostook.me.us/merrill | ||
Merrill is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States and is located directly on the border with Canada . In 2010, 273 people lived there in 149 households on an area of 96.8 km². Merrill does not have its own local government, but does so from nearby Smyrna .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has an area of 96.8 km²; 96.7 km² of this is land and 0.1 km² is water .
Geographical location
Merrill is in southwest Aroostook County. There are few very small lakes in Merrill. Centrally located is Read Lake, the largest. Some smaller streams drain the area to the southeast. The surface of the town is rather flat. In the northwest is the 403 m high Sholler Mountain and in the northeast the 301 m high Little Brawn.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Unorganized Territory of Central Aroostook , 5.7 mi
- East: Smyrna 14.3 km
- Southeast: Oakfield , 8.5 mi
- South: Dyer Brook , 2.2 mi
- Southwest: Hersey , 14.5 km
- West: Moro Plantation , 9.8 miles
City structure
There is a settlement area in the town of Merrill called Smyrna Mills .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Merrill 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
Merrill was raised to plantation on September 6, 1858 to give residents the right to vote. The area was reorganized in 1876, 1880 and 1895. Until 1855, the north-west belonged to the much larger Rockabema Plantation. The Merrill Plantation area was previously known as Township No. 6, Fourth Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T6 R4 WELS). Merrill became a town on March 4, 1911 and named after Captain William Merrill, who bought the area in 1840 and whose son Edward moved there as a settler in 1844.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Merrill, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 105 | 118 | 206 | 244 | ||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 298 | 393 | 361 | 458 | 424 | 383 | 337 | 271 | 285 | 296 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 249 | 273 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The US Highway 2 runs through the southeast corner of the Town and combines Merrill with Iceland Falls and Houlton. Maine State Route 212 runs from the southeast diagonally to the northwest .
Public facilities
There is no public library in Merrill. The closest is the Katahdin Public Library in Island Falls.
There are no medical facilities in Merrill. The closest is in Patten.
education
Merrill is part of Regional School Unit 50 with Crystal, Dyer Brook, Hersey, Island Falls, Moro Plantation, Mt. Chase, Oakfield, Patten, Sherman, Smyrna and Stacyville .
The following schools are available to students:
- Katahdin Elementary School (PK-6) in Stacyville
- Katahdin Middle / High School (7-12) in Stacyville
- Southern Aroostook Community Schools (PK-12) in Dyer Brook
literature
- Edward Wiggin: History of Aroostook . tape 1 . The Star-Herald Press, Presque Isle ME 1922, p. 279 ff . ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Homepage of the community
- Merrill administrative records on the official Maine state websites
- Merrill on City-Data.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Merrill in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed February 1, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Local: Maine.gov. In: maine.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Sholler Mountain on Peakery
- ↑ Little Brawan on Peakery
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Merrill, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Merrill, Maine (ME 04780) 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 February 1, 2018 (English).
- ^ Merrill on Maine Genealogy
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- ↑ rsu # 50. In: rsu50.org. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
