Oakfield (Maine)
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 Grange Hall in Oakfield, about 1910 |
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| Location in Maine | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | February 24, 1897 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 52 ′ N , 69 ° 11 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 737 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 8.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 93.0 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 91.0 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 403 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04763 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-54385 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 00582644 | ||
| Website : | oakfieldme.org | ||
Oakfield is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there lived 737 inhabitants in 496 households on an area of 93.0 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Oakfield has an area of 93.0 km² , of which 91.0 km² consists of land and 2.0 km² of water .
Geographical location
Oakfield is in the south of Aroostoock County. The Mattawamkeag River flows south along the western border through the town's area. The surface of Oakfield is mountainous, the highest point being the 461 m high Sam Drew Mountain in the southeast. In the east above Spaulding Lake lies the 346 m high Timoney Mountain and in the south the 370 m high Oakfield Hills. Several large lakes border Oakfield. To the east of Meduxnekeag Lake , south of Mud Lake and the Skitacook Lake and north of Timoney Lake . In the area of the town, in the northwest lie the Spaulding Lake and Spaulding Lake .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Smyrna , 2.4 mi
- Northeast: Ludlow , 9.6 mi
- East: Linneus , 9.8 miles
- South: Unorganized Territory of South Aroostook , 8.4 mi
- Southwest: Island Falls , 6.5 mi
- West: Dyer Brook , 9.4 mi
- Northwest: Merrill , 8.4 mi
City structure
There are several settlement areas in Oakfield: Bennett (former railway station), Burleigh (formerly a post office), Oakfield , Red Bridge and Timoney (former railway station).
climate
The mean mean temperature in Oakfield is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° 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
Oakfield was organized as a plantation before it was recognized as a town on February 24, 1897. The first settlement took place in 1831. In 1910, Oakfield received a train station, which was relocated in 1942. The station building is now home to the Oakfield Historical Society.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Oakfield, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 559 | 636 | 720 | |||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 860 | 928 | 1016 | 982 | 1059 | 1009 | 848 | 836 | 847 | 846 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 732 | 737 | ||||||||
Culture and sights
Buildings
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There are two historic buildings in the town that have been listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places :
- Oakfield Grange No. 414 , recorded 2006, register no. 06000920
- Oakfield Station , recorded 1987, Register No. 87000928
Economy and Infrastructure
Oakfield Seeks Wind Power Generation Project ; one wind farm is due to be completed in 2015, making it the second in northern Maine.
traffic
The Interstate 95 runs the Town through the northwest corner. It connects Oakfield with the Canadian border in the east and Bangor in the south. A line of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad runs through Oakfield .
Public facilities
Oakfield does not have its own library. The closest is the Katahdin Public Library in Island Falls.
There is no hospital or medical facility in Oakfield. The closest hospital to Oakfield and the region is in Patten.
education
Oakfield is part of Regional School Unit 50 with Crystal, Dyer Brook, Hersey, Island Falls, Merrill, Moro Plantation, Mt. Chase, Patten, Sherman, Smyrna and Stacyville .
The following schools are available to students:
- Katahdin Elementary School (PK-6) in Stacyville
- Katahdin Middle / High School (7-12) in Stacyville
- Southern Aroostook Community Schools (PK-12) in Dyer Brook
literature
- Edward Wiggin: History of Aroostook . tape 1 . The Star-Herald Press, Presque Isle ME 1922, p. 281 ff . ( Digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oakfield in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed February 6, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Sam Drew Mountain on Peakery
- ↑ a b Oakfield. Maine to Encyclopedia, accessed April 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Timoney Mountain on Peakery
- ↑ Oakfield Hills on Peakery
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ Oakfield on mainegenealogy.net , accessed on February 6, 2018
- ↑ a b Oakfield, Maine (ME 04763) 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 6, 2018 (English).
- ^ Oakfield on City Data
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- ^ Oakfield Wind Project, Maine, United States of America. Power-technology.com, accessed April 8, 2015 .
- ^ Oakfield Wind Farm Project Moving Right. In: wagmtv.com. 2014, archived from the original on December 14, 2014 ; accessed on February 4, 2018 .
- ↑ rsu # 50. In: rsu50.org. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
