Patten (Maine)

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Patten Free Library
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Basic data
Foundation :	April 16, 1841
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Penobscot County
Coordinates :	45 ° 59 ′  N , 68 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 59 ′  N , 68 ° 30 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,017 (as of 2010)
Population density :	10.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	99.07 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 98.91 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	268 m
Postal code :	04765
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-57150
GNIS ID :	0582666
Website :	pattenmaine.org

Patten is a town in Penobscot County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1,017 inhabitants in 565 households on an area of ​​99.07 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Patten has a total area of ​​99.07 km², of which 98.91 km² is land and 0.16 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Patten is northeast of Penobscot County and borders Aroostook County . To the west of the area is Wiley Pond . Several smaller rivers flow through the Patten area. The area is flat, without any higher elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Mount Chase , 5.7 mi
• Northeast: Hersey , Aroostook County, 9.4 mi
• East: Crystal , Aroostook County, 9.2 mi
• Southeast: Sherman , Aroostook County, 9.4 mi
• South: Stacyville , 6.6 mi
• West: North Penobscot , Unorganized Territory , 20.2 km

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Patten: Fish's Mills , Patten and Peavey Corner .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Patten is between -11.1 ° C (12 ° 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

Patten Drug Store around 1880

The Town Patten was founded on April 16, 1841. Previously, the area was named Township No. 4, Sixth Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T4 R6 WELS) . The town was named after Amos Patten, a wealthy lumberjack from Bangor. He bought the land around 1830 when it was first settled. The first settlers included Samuel Wiggin and Elijah Kellogg. Samuel Leslie founded his first sawmill from Lincoln in 1835, and in the same year he also founded a flour mill. The settlement was organized as a plantation in 1840. The Patten Academy was founded in 1847 and in 1848 61 students attended school, including 33 boys and 28 girls. It existed until 1998.

The central industry in Patten was the timber industry. A museum in memory of this fact was opened in Patten in 1963.

The Patten and Sherman Railroad was founded in 1895 with the aim of connecting Patten to the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad network. This succeeded in 1896 and the Patten Junction – Patten railway line created in this way existed until 2000.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Patten, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents						470	639	704	716	936
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1172	1406	1498	1278	1548	1536	1312	1266	1368	1256
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1111	1017

Culture and sights

Museums

The Patten Lumbermen's Museum was founded in 1963 and deals with the history of Maine's timber industry.

Buildings

In Patten, a Historic District was listed and included in the National Register of Historic Places .

• Bradford Farm Historic District 2003 Register No. 03000294.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Maine State Route 11 runs through Patten in a north-south direction . It is crossed by Maine State Route 199, which runs in a west-east direction .

Public facilities

There is a medical facility in Patten that is also available to residents of the surrounding communities.

The Patten Free Library has its origins in the Bath Social Library . A book stamp from 1799 has been preserved from her. In 1847 this went on in the Patten Library Association .

education

Patten is part of Regional School Unit 50 with Crystal, Dyer Brook, Hersey, Island Falls, Merrill, Moro Plantation, Mount Chase, Oakfield, 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

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Gladys George (1904–1954), actress

Web links

Commons : Patten, Maine  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Community website
• Patten on maine.gov
• Patten on City-data.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Patten in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed November 28, 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. ↑ ^{a b} Patten, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved November 28, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Patten, Maine (ME 04765) 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 November 28, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Lisa Barnard says: Patten - Maine: An Encyclopedia. In: maineanencyclopedia.com. Retrieved November 28, 2019 (American English). 
7. ↑ Population 1850-2010 according to census results
8. ↑ About Us - Patten Lumbermen's Museum. In: lumbermensmuseum.org. Retrieved November 28, 2019 (American English). 
9. ↑ Bradford Farm Historic District 03000294
10. ^ Patten Free Library. In: me.us. Patten Free Library, accessed November 28, 2019 (American English). 
11. ↑ rsu # 50. In: rsu50.org. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .