New Sharon (Maine)

New Sharon
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Location in Maine
New Sharon
Basic data
Foundation :	June 20, 1794
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 39 ′  N , 70 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 39 ′  N , 70 ° 0 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,407 (as of 2010)
Population density :	11.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	121.29 km 2  (approx. 47 mi 2 ) of which 119.63 km 2  (approx. 46 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	113 m
Postal code :	04955
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-49345
GNIS ID :	0582624
Website :	www.newsharon.maine.gov

New Sharon is a town in Franklin County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 1407 people lived there in 585 households on an area of ​​121.29 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , New Sharon has a total area of ​​121.29 km², of which 119.63 km² is land and 1.66 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

New Sharon is in southeast Franklin County. It borders Somerset County to the east and Kennebec County to the south . The Sandy River flows in an easterly direction through the area of ​​the town, it flows into the Kennebec River . There are no larger lakes in the town area. It is bordered by Crowell Pond in the southwest and Kimball Pond in the south . The surface is slightly hilly, the highest point is the 366 m high York Hill in the south of New Sharon.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Industry , 4.1 mi
• Northeast: Starks , Somerset County, 3.8 mi
• East: Mercer , Somerset County, 6.4 mi
• Southeast Rome , Kennebec County, 7.7 mi
• South: Vienna , Kennebec County, 2.2 mi
• Southwest: Chesterville , 7.9 mi
• West: Farmington , 9.7 miles

City structure

There are several settlement areas in New Sharon: Bullen Mills, East New Sharon, New Sharon, and Weeks Mills .

climate

The mean mean temperature in New Sharon is between −10.0 ° C (14 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) 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 grant issued by the state of Massachusetts for New Sharon was given to Prince Baker and others in 1791. Settlement began as early as 1782 and as early as 1794 the area, which was initially organized as Unity Plantation , was organized as a town. Baker was one of the first settlers in the area. New Sharon is said to belong to the area granted to Captain William Tyng and his company in recognition of their service during a dangerous snowshoe chase of the Indian enemy in the first winter of the Queen Anne's Wars . This area was first called Tyngstown, later Unity Plantation.

Population development

Census Results - Town of New Sharon, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	359	944	1219	1599	1829	1732	1731	1451	1306	1064
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	946	955	885	750	761	755	712	725	969	1175
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1297	1407

Culture and sights

Buildings

The New Sharon Congregational Church was listed as a historic monument in 1985 and registered under registration no. 85001261 ​​listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 2 runs in a west-east direction through the area of ​​the town. Like Maine State Route 134, it follows the course of the Sandy River. Maine State Route 27 branches off to the south .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in New Sharon. The closest are in Farmington and Madison.

New Sharon has her own library. The Jim Ditzler Memorial Library was founded in 1850.

education

With Chesterville, Farmington, Industry, New Vineyard, Starks, Temple, Vienna, Weld and Wilton, New Sharon belongs to Maine School Administrative District 9 , the Mt. Blue Regional School District .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Gerald D. Cushing School in Wilton (school classes Pre-K to 1)
• Academy Hill School in Wilton (grades 2 to 5)
• Cape Cod Hill School in New Sharon (Classes Pre-K to 5)
• WG Mallett School in Farmington (school classes Pre-K to 2)
• Cascade Brook School in Farmington (grades 3 to 5)
• Mt. Blue High School in Farmington
• Mt. Blue Middle School in Farmington

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Barry B. Longyear (* 1942), science fiction writer, lives in New Sharon

Web links

Commons : New Sharon, Maine  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

• Community website
• New Sharon on maine.gov
• New Sharon on City-data.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ New Sharon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed April 28, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ York Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ New Sharon, Franklin County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved April 28, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} New Sharon, Maine (ME 04955) 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 28, 2018 (English). 
7. ^ History of New Sharon, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed April 28, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
9. ^ New Sharon Congregational Church ( English ) npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
10. ↑ Library Home Page. In: me.us. www.newsharon.lib.me.us, accessed April 28, 2018 . 
11. ↑ mbrsd. In: mtbluersd.org. Retrieved April 28, 2018 .