New Canada
| New Canada | |||
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.jpg) Daigle Settlement (1915) |
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| Location in Maine | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | March 26, 1976 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 10 ′ N , 68 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 321 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 3.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 94.2 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 92.7 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 255 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04743 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-48575 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 00582616 | ||
| Website : | maine.gov | ||
New Canada is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 321 people lived there in 146 households on an area of 94.2 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has an area of 94.2 km²; 92.7 km² of this is land and 1.5 km² is water .
Geographical location
New Canada is in northeast Aroostook County between Eagle Lake in the south and Fort Kent in the north. In the south there are three larger lakes in the chain of Sly Brook Lakes . To the east of these three lakes is California Pond . Other smaller lakes are spread over the area of the town. The town is drained by smaller rivers that flow northwards into the Saint Johns River . The town's 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: Fort Kent , 5.8 miles
- Nordsten: Frenchville , 6.7 mi
- East: Unorganized Territory from Square Lake , 8.7 mi
- South: Unorganized Territory from Square Lake , 14.1 km
- Southwest: Eagle Lake , 12 mi
- West: Wallagrass , 14.2 km
City structure
In New Canada there is Daigle , a settlement area. It is on the northern edge of the town's area.
climate
The mean mean temperature in New Canada ranges from −13.3 ° C (8 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 16.7 ° C (62 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 10 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. At over five and a half meters, the snowfalls between October and May are almost 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
New Canada was founded in 1840 as Hancock Plantation , along with Wallagrass. The original name was Township No. 17, Sixth Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T17 R6 WELS). In 1859 Wallagrass was spun off and in 1881 the Hancock Plantation was renamed New Canada. It was recognized as a town on March 26, 1976. New Canada is also called Daigle after the town's only settlement area .
Population development
| Census Results - Town of New Canada, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 301 | |||||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 419 | 590 | 573 | 538 | 633 | 444 | 288 | 300 | 269 | 253 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 306 | 321 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Maine State Route 161 runs through northeast New Canada . This is where the Daigle settlement is located . It connects New Canada with Fort Kent in the northwest and New Sweden in the southeast.
Public facilities
New Canada does not have its own library. The closest is in Fort Kent.
Fort Kent has a private hospital, the Northern Maine Medical Center , which is also the point of contact for residents of New Canada.
education
New Canada belongs to the Maine School Administrative District # 27 with Allagash, Eagle Lake, Fort Kent, Saint Francis, Saint John Plantation, Wallagrass and the Winterville Plantation .
There are several schools in the school district for school children:
- Community High School in Fort Kent
- Eagle Lake Elementary School in Eagle Lake
- Fort Kent Elementary School in Fort Kent
- Saint Francis Elementary School in Saint Francis
- Wallagrass Elementary School in Wallagrass
fauna and Flora
New Canada has wooded swamps where the occidental tree of life thrives. Beavers are very active in the community area.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ New Canada in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed February 4, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ New Canada on mainegenealogy.net , accessed on February 4, 2018
- ↑ New Canada, Maine (ME 04743) 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 4, 2018 (English).
- ^ New Canada. Maine to Encyclopedia, accessed April 10, 2015 .
- ^ New Canada on Maine Genealogy
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- ^ Northern Maine Medical Center | Fort Kent, ME -. In: nmmc.org. Northern Maine Medical Center, accessed January 11, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Fort Kent, Maine (ME 04743) 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 11, 2018 (English).
- ^ Maine Education - School Administrative Reorganization. In: maine.gov. Retrieved January 7, 2018 (American English).
