Orient (Maine)
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 Border station in Orient |
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| Location in Maine | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | April 9, 1856 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 49 ′ N , 67 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 147 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 97.5 km 2 (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 92.0 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 140 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04471 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-55435 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 00582649 | ||
| Website : | orientmaine.org | ||
Orient is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 147 inhabitants in 282 households on an area of 97.5 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Orient has an area of 97.5 km² , 92.0 km² of which consists of land and 5.5 km² of water .
Geographical location
Orient is in the southeast of Aroostook County, right on the border with Canada , there is a border crossing to New Brunswick . The boundary follows the St. Croix River , which flows in a southerly direction . As well as the adjacent North Lake and Grand Lake . There is a border crossing to Canada between these two lakes. In the south, bordering Longfellow Lake to the area and Longley Lake is located in the southeast. Several smaller rivers flow through the Orient, mostly in a south-easterly direction. The surface is slightly hilly, without any special elevations.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Amity , 2.5 mi
- East: North Lake Parish , York County (New Brunswick) , Canada , 8.6 mi
- South: Weston , 2.7 mi
- West: Haynesville , 9.6 miles
- Northwest: Unorganized Territory of South Aroostook , 23 mi
City structure
There are two settlement areas in Orient : Orient and Sunset Park
climate
The mean mean temperature in the Orient 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
The Town Orient was founded on April 9, 1856. The area was settled as early as 1830. In 1844 the Orient Plantation was founded to give the residents the right to vote. The Orient Plantation and the eastern half of the Greenwood Plantation were combined in 1856 to form the Town Orient. The western part of Greenwood Plantation was added to Haynesville Town in 1876. The original name was Orient Gore, or Township 9, First Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T9 R1 WELS, or T9 Greenwood's Survey). The Monroe Gore area east of Weston was added in 1847.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Orient, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 205 | 233 | 219 | 224 | 244 | |||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 208 | 187 | 170 | 161 | 147 | 176 | 124 | 83 | 97 | 157 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 145 | 147 | ||||||||
Culture and sights
Buildings
The US Inspection Station-Orient, Maine was listed as a historic monument in 2014 and entered in the National Register of Historic Places under the register no. 14000557 added.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
US Highway 1 , which connects the town with the district capital Houlton and the border town of Calais , runs through Orient in a north-south direction . The nearest airport with scheduled flights is in Presque Isle .
Public facilities
Orient does not have its own library. The closest is the Cary Library in Houlton.
There is no hospital or medical facility in the Orient. The nearest hospital for Orient and the region is in Danforth.
education
Educational opportunities are organized through the Orient School Department. There is no school in Orient.
literature
- Edward Wiggin: History of Aroostook . tape 1 . The Star-Herald Press, Presque Isle ME 1922, p. 107 ff . ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Homepage of the municipality (English)
- Orient administrative records on the official Maine state websites
- Orient on City-Data.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Orient in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed February 9, 2018
- ↑ In the United States, households include vacation rentals, second households, and so on.
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ Orient mainegenealogy.net , accessed on February 9, 2018
- ↑ a b Orient, Maine (ME 04471) 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 9, 2018 (English).
- ^ The Genealogist's Address Book 6th Edition by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, p. 192
- ^ Orient on Maine Genealogy
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- ↑ US Inspection Station - Orient, Maine , at npgallery.nps.gov, accessed October 8, 2018
