Morrill (Maine)

Morrill
Morrill Location in Maine
Basic data
Foundation :	March 3, 1855
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Waldo County
Coordinates :	44 ° 26 ′  N , 69 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 26 ′  N , 69 ° 10 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	884 (as of 2010)
Population density :	20.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	44.16 km 2  (around 17 mi 2 ) of which 42.89 km 2  (around 17 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	68 m
Postal code :	04952
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-47245
GNIS ID :	0582608
Website :	www.morrillme.org

Morrill is a town in Waldo County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 884 people lived there in 379 households on an area of ​​44.16 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Morrill has a total area of ​​44.16 km², of which 42.89 km² is land and 1.27 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Morrill is centrally located in Waldo County. There are several lakes in the Morrill area. The larger ones are Smith Mill Pond and Cross Pond . The Quantabacook Lake on the south by the area of the Town. The surface is slightly hilly. Rowe Hill , 160 m high, 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: Knox , 10.6 km
• Northeast: Waldo , 7.5 km
• East: Belfast , 7.1 miles
• Southeast: Belmont , 4 miles
• Southwest: Searsmont , 4.7 mi
• West: Montville , 5.7 mi

City structure

There are two settlement areas in Morrill : Morrill and North Belmont .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Morrill ranges from -6.1 ° C (21  ° F ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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

Morrill was organized as a town on March 3, 1855, it previously belonged to the town of Belmont. The town was named after Anson Morrill , who was governor of Maine at the time. The area was settled from 1801. The first settlers included James Weymouth, Benjamin Smith, Joseph Corning and Nathaniel Cushman. They bought the land from Henry Knox , owner of the Waldo patent .

In 1941, an area was added that was previously known as The Gore .

The Smith Mill Pond is a reservoir in the center of Morrill, which is formed by an old mill dam.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Morrill, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents							629	523	494	460
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	420	353	307	288	328	306	355	410	506	644
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	774	884

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 3 extends in the east-west direction and crosses the running north to south Maine State Route 131 .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Morrill. The closest are in Belfast and Camden.

There is no library in Morrill. The closest are in Belfast, Searsport or Liberty.

education

Morrill belongs to RSU # 71 with Belfast, Belmont, Searsmont and Swanville . The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Ames Elementary School in Searsmont
• Gladys Weymouth Elementary School in Morrill
• Captain Albert Stevens Elementary School in Belfast
• East Belfast Elementary in Belfast
• Nickerson Elementary in Belfast
• Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast
• Belfast Area High School in Belfast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Morrill in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed August 9, 2020
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ Rowe Hill. In: peakery.com. Accessed August 9, 2020 (English). 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Morrill, Waldo County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed August 9, 2020 (English). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Morrill, Maine (ME 04952) 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 9, 2020 . 
7. ^ History of Morrill, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed August 9, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Smith Mill Pond on mainegov , accessed on August 9, 2020
9. ↑ Population 1860–2010 according to census results
10. ^ Regional School Unit 71. In: rsu71.org. Retrieved August 9, 2020 . 

Web links

Commons : Morrill, Maine  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Community website
• Morrill on City.com
• Morrill on my.gov