Parkman (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | January 29, 1822 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Piscataquis County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 6 ′ N , 69 ° 25 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 843 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 7.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 119.27 km 2 (approx. 46 mi 2 ) of which 117.15 km 2 (approx. 45 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 189 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04443 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-56765 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0579055 | ||
| Website : | parkmanmaine.com | ||
Parkman is a town in Piscataquis County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 843 people lived there in 538 households on an area of 119.27 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Parkman has a total area of 119.27 km², of which 117.15 km² are land and 2.12 km² are water .
Geographical location
Parkman is located in the southwest of the Piscataquis County and is adjacent to the Penobscot County and Somerset County . To the northeast is Harlow Pond . There are other smaller lakes in the town area. The surface is slightly hilly and the highest point is the centrally located, 328 m high Crow Hill .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Abbot , 11.0 km
- Northeast: Guilford , 7.9 mi
- East: Sangerville , 5.5 miles
- Southeast: Dexter , Penobscot County, 8.4 mi
- South: Cambridge , Somerset County, 4.5 mi
- West: Wellington , 8.3 miles
- North West: Kingsbury , 9.2 mi
City structure
There are three residential areas in Parkman : Parkman , Pingree Center, and South Parkman .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Parkman ranges from −11.1 ° C (12 ° F ) in January to 19.4 ° C (67 ° F) 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
Settlement of Parkman by European settlers began in 1810. The area was bought by Samuel Parkman of Boston . The first settlers were Peter and William Cummings, Ephraim Andrews, Arvida Briggs, William Brewster and Richard Caswell. Samuel Pingree also moved in early and became the owner's representative. He settled near the city center, where a saw and grist mill was put into operation. Pingree was a hatter by trade and made the first hats made in the county. Parkman was initially called Township No. 5, Sixth Range North of Waldo Patent (T5 R6 NWP) . On January 29, 1822, Parkman was organized under its current name as Town.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Parkman, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 255 | 802 | 1205 | 1243 | 1166 | 1105 | 1005 | 813 | ||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 718 | 646 | 565 | 538 | 581 | 590 | 530 | 457 | 621 | 790 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 811 | 843 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Maine State Route 160 leads north to south through the territory of Parkman. It connects Parkman with Guilford in the north and Cambridge in the south.
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Parkman. Closest facilities for Parkman residents are Dover-Foxcroft and Dexter.
In Parkman, the Harvey Memorial Library is on the State Highway.
education
Parkman is part of MSAD 04 with Abbot, Cambridge, Guilford, Sangerville and Wellington.
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Piscataquis Community Elementary School in Guilford with school classes from pre-kindergarten through grade 8
- Piscataquis Community High School in Guilford with grades 9 through 12
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Charles Alton Ellis (1876–1949), civil engineer, calculated the structural design of the Golden Gate Bridge
- Victor Almon McKusick (1921-2008), human geneticist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Parkman in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 11, 2020
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Crow Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ Parkman, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Parkman, Maine (ME 04443) 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 January 11, 2020 .
- ^ History of Parkman, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
- ^ A Maine Public Library: Maine State Library. In: maine.gov. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Local: Maine.gov. In: maine.gov. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Welcome to SAD 4! In: sad4.org. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
| Towns |
Abbot | Beaver Cove | Bow bench | Brownville | Dover-Foxcroft | Greenville | Guilford | Medford | Milo | Monson | Parkman | Sangerville | Sebec | Shirley | Wellington | Willimantic |
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| Plantation | ||
| UTs |
Atkinson | Blanchard | Southeast Piscataquis | Northeast Piscataquis | Northwest Piscataquis |
