Orrington

Orrington
Orrington Mural, Wiswell Farm
Location in Maine
Orrington
Basic data
Foundation :	March 21, 1788
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Penobscot County
Coordinates :	44 ° 42 ′  N , 68 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 42 ′  N , 68 ° 46 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	3,733 (as of 2010)
Population density :	57.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	70.78 km 2  (approx. 27 mi 2 ) of which 64.72 km 2  (approx. 25 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	92 m
Postal code :	04474
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-55680
GNIS ID :	0582652
Website :	orrington.govoffice.com

Orrington is a town in Penobscot County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 3733 inhabitants in 1612 households on an area of ​​70.78 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Orrington has a total area of ​​70.78 km², of which 64.72 km² is land and 6.06 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Orrington is south of Penobscot County and borders Hancock County . The Penobscot River forms the western border of the town and flows south. Brewer Lake borders to the east . In addition, Fields Pond and Swetts Pond are located in the eastern part of the town . The surface is flat, without any significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Brewer , 5.7 mi
• East: Holden , 6 miles
• South: Bucksport , Hancock County, 2.1 mi
• West: Hampden , 9.4 km

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Orrington : East Orrington , Goodale Corner , North Orrington , Orrington , Orrington Center , Orrington Corner, and South Orrington .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Orrington is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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

In the Orrington area, a first settlement was established in June 1770 by Captain John Brewer of Worcester, Massachusetts, at the mouth of the Segeunkedunk River. There he also built a mill. A grand had been promised to him, but after the skirmishes in Lexington and Concord there was no further grant. Brewer and the other settlers left the area during the war and did not return until after the war ended. The area was surveyed in 1784, and on March 25, 1786, Brewer and another settler named Simeon Fowler bought part of the area. Moses Knapp and his group bought the rest. Many of the first settlers were seafarers who were forced to stay on land due to the war and they returned to their old occupation after the war. Before the town was founded on March 21, 1788, the area was known as New Worcester or Township No. 9, East Side of the Penobscot River (T9 EPR) .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Orrington, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										477
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	786	1341	1029	1234	1580	1852	1950	1768	1529	1406
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1266	1219	1174	1167	1517	1895	2539	2702	3244	3309
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	3526	3733

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Orrington, a structure was listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Enterprise Grange, No. 173 , 2008 under the register no. 07001447.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Maine State Route 15 runs through Orrington in a north-south direction parallel to the Penobscot River.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Orrington. The closest are in Bangor.

The Orrington Public Library is located on School Street in Orrington.

education

Orrington belongs to CSD # 8 with Aurora, Amhers, Dedham, Great Pont and Osborn .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Airline Community School in Aurora, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade
• Center Drive School in Orrington, through Grade 8
• Dedham School in Dedham, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Ebenezer M. Chamberlain (1805–1861), politician
• Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817–1879), lawyer, geologist, paleontologist and teacher

Web links

Commons : Orrington, Maine  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• The community site (English)
• Orrington on maine.gov
• Orrington on City-data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Orrington in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed October 15, 2019
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. ↑ Orrington, Penobscot County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved October 15, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Orrington, Maine (ME 04474) 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 October 15, 2019 . 
6. ↑ History of Orrington, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed October 15, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
8. ↑ Enterprise Grange, No. 173 07001447
9. ↑ Orrington Public Library. In: wordpress.com. Orrington Public Library, accessed October 15, 2019 . 
10. ^ Maine Department of Education. In: maine.gov. Retrieved October 15, 2019 (American English).