North Yarmouth

North Yarmouth
North Yarmouth Academy
Location in Maine
North Yarmouth
Basic data
Foundation :	1680
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Cumberland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 51 ′  N , 70 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 51 ′  N , 70 ° 14 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	3,565 (as of 2010)
Population density :	64.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	55.5 km 2  (approx. 21 mi 2 ) of which 55.0 km 2  (approx. 21 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	69 m
Postal code :	04097
FIPS :	23-53860
GNIS ID :	00582642
Website :	www.northyarmouth.org

North Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County in the state of Maine in the United States . New Gloucester is in the northern part of Cumberland County. In 2010 there lived 3565 inhabitants in 1354 households on an area of ​​55.5 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the place has a total area of ​​55.5 km², of which 55.0 km² is land and 0.5 km² is water.

Geographical location

North Yarmouth is slightly east but central in Cumberland County. The surface of the area is slightly hilly, with no significant elevations. The Royal River flows through the town from north to south. Chandler Brook, coming from the northeast, flows into it . There are no lakes in North Yarmouth.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: New Gloucester , 5.0 mi
• East: Pownal , 3.8 miles
• Southeast: Freeport , 9.9 mi
• South: Yarmouth , 5.4 miles
• Southwest: Cumberland , 1.9 mi
• West: Gray , 9.2 miles

City structure

There are several settlement areas in North Yarmouth: Crockett Corner , Crockett's Corner (former post office), Dunns Corner , Mill Road (former railway station), North Yarmouth and Walnut Hill .

climate

The mean mean temperature in North Yarmouth ranges from −6.1 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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 most important economic sectors of the town were the timber industry, the carriage building and grain growing. The land is of good quality as arable land and agriculture has been the main occupation of the residents. The area around the Royal River was called Wescustego by the Abenaki . This was also her name for the river.

North Yarmouth was given as a grant to Joseph Phippon and others in 1680. The area which this grant comprised was five miles upstream from the sea and seven and a half miles on either side of the river. In the same year the town was founded under the name North Yarmouth, which also contained the area between this Grant and Falmouth , and Damariscove Island. The area was later divided into four towns: Freeport in 1789, Pownal in 1808, Cumberland in 1821 and finally, in 1849, North Yarmouth was separated from the sea and Yarmouth was established.

An area that is now in Brunswick is named after John Mare, one of the early settlers in North Yarmouth, as well as after William Royal, who came from England in 1630 and moved to Salem and then into the region around Casco Bay Bought area on the Wescustego River. Since then the river has been called the Royal River. With the arrival of more settlers, tensions with the Abenaki increased. Such conflicts flared up all over southern New England, and the first Indian Wars broke out . In Wescustogo, all 65 colonists were evicted from the land on which they had settled. In the meantime, renewed attempts at settlement failed and it was not until 1715 that the area was resettled. Also in the later Seven Years War in North America the settlements were attacked and many European settlers were captured, killed or their houses were burned down. Only after 1758 was there peace.

Most of the families in North Yarmouth were farmers and had to deal with the challenges of farming all the time. There were bad harvests, harsh winters, bumpy roads, isolation, fires, storms and much more. In addition, there were problems with the expanding businesses in the American West, where management was easier. Still, farming in this area is worthwhile.

In the first US census from 1790, 1905 people lived in the town. The town developed and other industries, shops and blacksmiths emerged. The town grew later when the railway depots were built. In 1853 a new Town Hall was built in the geographic center of town between the settlements of North Yarmouth and Walnut Hill. This town hall now houses the North Yarmouth Historical Society .

Population development

Census Results - Town of North Yarmouth, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										1978
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	2599	3295	3679	2666	2824	1121	1076	940	827	709
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	642	686	590	569	666	942	1140	1383	1919	2429
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	3210	3565

Culture and sights

Buildings

One building is listed in North Yarmouth and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• North Yarmouth Academy , incorporated in 1975, register no. 75000097

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Two interstates run not far from the border outside the North Yarmouth area. Several Maine State Routes run through North Yarmouth.

East of the Royal River was the route of the Grand Trunk Railway and west of the Maine Central Railroad .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in North Yarmouth. There are hospitals in Portland and Yarmouth.

North Yarmouth does not have its own library. The closest is in Yarmouth.

education

As the population grew after World War II , the small schoolhouses were not big enough to accommodate the increasing number of children. In connection with better road conditions, it became possible to bring the children together in a central building. The one-room schools closed with the opening of the North Yarmouth Memorial School in 1950. But this school was quickly overcrowded and an additional kindergarten was set up. North Yarmouth Memorial School burned down in 1975 and reopened in 1977. North Yarmouth does not have its own high school , so students attend either the North Yarmouth Academy or the Greely Institute. The Greely Institute became Greely High School.

Today North Yarmouth with Cumberland and Chebeague Island belongs to the Maine School Administrative District 51 .

The following schools are available in the district:

• Greely High School in Cumberland
• Greely Middle School in Cumberland
• Mabel I. Wilson School in Cumberland

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Edward Russell (1782-1835), politician

Web links

• Community website
• North Yarmouth administrative records on the official Maine State websites

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Yarmouth in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 17, 2018
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. ^ North Yarmouth, Cumberland County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 17, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} North Yarmouth, Maine (ME 04097) 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 March 17, 2018 (English). 
6. ^ ^{A b} History of North Yarmouth, Maine From A Gazetteer of the State of Maine by Geo. J. Varney edited by BB Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston 1886
7. ^ ^{A b c d e f} Historical Society of North Yarmouth , accessed April 8, 2015.
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ MSAD # 51 District. In: msad51.org. Retrieved March 6, 2018 .