Moose River (Maine)

Moose River
Location in Maine
Moose River
Basic data
Foundation :	October 7, 1957
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Somerset County
Coordinates :	45 ° 42 ′  N , 70 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 42 ′  N , 70 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	218 (as of 2010)
Population density :	2.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	105.02 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of which 103.78 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	448 m
Postal code :	04945
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-47140
GNIS ID :	0582606

Moose River is a town in Somerset County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 218 people lived there in 157 households (in the United States vacation rentals are also counted as households) on an area of ​​105.02 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Moose River has a total area of ​​105.02 km², of which 103.78 km² is land and 1.24 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Moose River is centrally located in Somerset County. In the south is the Supply Pond and in the north is the Heald Pond . There are other smaller lakes in the town area. The surface is slightly hilly, with no significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North and East: Seboomook Lake , Unorganized Territory , 29 mi
• Southeast: Northeast Somerset , Unorganized Territory, 22.9 mi
• South: Jackman , 6.2 mi
• West: Dennistown , 6 miles

City structure

There are two settlement areas in Moose River: Jackman Mill and Moose River .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Moose River ranges from –12.2 ° C (10  ° F ) in January to 18.3 ° C (65 ° 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

Settlement of the area started in 1820. After the survey, the area was named Township No. 4, Second Range North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (T4 R2 NBKP) and organized several times as Holdentown or Holden Plantation for organizational reasons. As a town, Moose River was finally organized on October 7, 1957 and named after the Moose River Plantation organized in 1859 from which the town emerged. This got its name from the river of the same name.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Moose River, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents						83	135	104	102	170
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	239	251	511	277	216	203	205	255	252	233
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	219	218

Culture and sights

Buildings

A structure in Moose River has been listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Samuel Holden House , 1995 under the register no. 95001459.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

US Highway 201 runs through Moose River in a north-south direction along the western border of the area.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Moose River.

Moose River does not have its own library, the closest being the Jackman Public Library on Main Street in neighboring Jackman.

education

Moose River and Jackman belong to Regional School Unit 82 Msad 12.

The Forest Hills Consolidated School in Jackman offers school classes from kindergarten through 12th grade.

Web links

Commons : Moose River, Maine  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Moose River on maine.gov (English)
• Moose River on City-data.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Moose River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed April 12, 2020
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ^ ^{A b} Moose River, Somerset County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved April 12, 2020 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Moose River, Maine (ME 04945) 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 April 12, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Population 1850-2010 according to census results
7. ↑ Samuel Holden House 95001459
8. ^ A Maine Public Library: Maine State Library. In: maine.gov. Retrieved April 12, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Local: Maine.gov. In: maine.gov. Retrieved April 12, 2020 .