Monroe (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | January 12, 1818 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Waldo County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 36 ′ N , 69 ° 4 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 890 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 8.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 101.09 km 2 (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 100.80 km 2 (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 95 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04951 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-46475 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582602 | ||
| Website : | townofmonroe.me | ||
Monroe is a town in Waldo County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 890 people lived there in 461 households on an area of 101.09 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Monroe has a total area of 101.09 km², of which 100.80 km² is land and 0.28 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
Monroe is north of Waldo County and borders on Penobscot County . The Marsh Stream flows east through the town. There are only smaller lakes in the area. Toddy Pond borders the area in the south . The surface is slightly hilly, the 213 m high Thurlow Hill is the highest point in the area.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Newburgh , Penobscot County, 7.6 mi
- East: Winterport , 8.2 miles
- South-east: Frankfort , 10.3 km
- South: Swanville , 6 miles
- Southwest: Brooks , 5.2 mi
- West: Jackson , 4.3 mi
- Northwest: Dixmont , Penobscot County, 8 mi / 12.9 km
City structure
There are four settlement areas in Monroe : Monroe , Monroe Center , North Monroe, and Pattee Corner .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Monroe ranges from -7.8 ° C (18 ° F ) in January to 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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
The Monroe area was settled shortly after the Frankfort area from 1760. First it was organized as Lee Plantation and on January 12, 1818 as a town called Monroe . The name was chosen in honor of James Monroe , the fifth President of the United States who was in office at the time.
Land was given to Brooks in 1823, other parts of Brooks were added in 1844 and 1883, and parts of Frankfort were added in 1863.
An Os stretches through the area of Monroe , an elevation that was formed in the Quaternary Ice Age . It is extraordinarily complex, dendritic and consists of a vein-like network.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Monroe, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 732 | 1080 | 1602 | 1606 | 1703 | 1375 | 1366 | 1079 | ||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 958 | 872 | 734 | 671 | 665 | 593 | 497 | 478 | 657 | 802 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 882 | 890 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Maine State Route 139 runs east to west through the area of the Town. Maine State Route 141 branches off to the south in the Village of Monroe .
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities in Monroe. The closest are in Belfast.
The Monroe Community Library is located on Swan Lake Avenue in Monroe.
education
Monroe belongs to RSU # 3 with Brooks, Freedom, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Montville, Thorndike, Troy, Unity and Waldo .
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Monroe Elementary School in Monroe
- Morse Memorial Elementary School in Brooks
- Mount View Elementary in Thorndike
- Mount View Middle School in Thorndike
- Mount View High School in Thorndike
- Troy Elementary in Troy
- Unity School in Unity
- Walker Elementary in Liberty
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monroe in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed August 4, 2020
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ^ Thurlow Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved on August 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ a b Monroe, Waldo County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved on August 4, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Monroe, Maine (ME 04951) 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 August 4, 2020 .
- ^ History of Monroe, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed August 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
- ^ A Maine Public Library: Maine State Library. In: maine.gov. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
- ↑ RSU3 - School District. In: rsu3.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020 (American English).
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