Phillips (Maine)
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | February 5, 1812 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Franklin County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 50 ′ N , 70 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,028 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 7.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 132.06 km 2 (approx. 51 mi 2 ) of which 131.6 km 2 (approx. 51 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 311 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04966 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-58445 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582674 | ||
| Website : | www.phillipsmaine.com | ||
Phillips is a town in Franklin County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1028 inhabitants in 454 households on an area of 132.06 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Phillips has a total area of 132.06 km², of which 131.6 km² is land and 0.46 km² is made up of water .
Geographical location
Phillips is centrally located in Franklin County. The Sandy River , a tributary of the Kennebec River , flows south through the center of the town. There are only smaller lakes in the town area. Of these, the largest is Lufkin Pond in the northwest . The surface is hilly, the highest point is the 536 m high Bray Hill .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North and East: East Central Franklin , Unorganized Territory , 3.2 mi
- Southeast: Avon , 4.6 mi
- Southwest: Weld , 6.4 mi
- West: West Central Franklin , Unorganized Territory, 15 mi
City structure
There are several settlement areas in Phillips: Bragg Corner (former railway station), Butterfield , Madrid Junction and Phillips .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Phillips is between −10.0 ° C (14 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° 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
The grant for the area was given by the State of Massachusetts in 1794 to Jacob Abbott. The area was settled from 1790. The first settler in the area was former sea captain Perkins Allen from Martha's Vineyard. Until the incorporation as Town in 1812, the name was Curvo Plantation. Allen had given the area its name because it reminded him of a port of the same name.
By 1805 there were 21 families settling on both sides of the Sandy River. Their livelihood was agriculture. When 50 families were living in the area in 1811, a petition was sent to the Massachusetts court asking it to become a separate town. This request was granted and the name of the town was Phillips after William Phillips, a co-owner of the Jakob Abbot grant. The first meeting of the new town took place on March 14, 1812.
Smaller industries settled here, such as flour mills, sawmills, a shingle factory and a wool mill that processed the fleece of the sheep into wool . The railroad reached Phillips in 1879 on the Sandy River Railroad , a narrow-gauge railway. In 1908 she went to the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad . All operations were discontinued in 1932. A small part of the route is used as a museum train from Phillips.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Phillips, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 591 | 954 | 1312 | 1673 | 1698 | 1373 | 1437 | 1394 | ||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 1399 | 1423 | 1353 | 1143 | 1186 | 1088 | 1021 | 979 | 1092 | 1148 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 990 | 1028 | ||||||||
Culture and sights
Buildings
In Phillips, three structures were listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
- The Maine Woods Office was founded in 1980 under registration no. 80000216 added.
- The Union Church was founded in 1989 under the register no. 89000844 added.
- The Capt. Joel Whitney House was founded in 2003 under the registration number. 03000293 added.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Maine State Route 142 extends in the north-south direction by the area of the town. Maine State Route 4 runs west-east .
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities in Phillips. The closest are in Farmington.
Phillips has his own library. The Phillips Public Library is on Main Street.
education
Phillips is part of Regional School Union 58 / Maine School Administrative District 58 along with Avon, Kingfield, and Strong
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Mount Abram High School in Salem Township in the Unorganized Territory of East Central Franklin
- Kingfield Elementary School in Kingfield
- Phillips Elementary School in Phillips
- Strong Elementary School in Strong
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Carroll L. Beedy (1880-1947), politician
- John P. Soule (1828–1904), photographer and editor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Phillips in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed April 28, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Bray Hill. In: peakery.com. Accessed April 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Phillips, Franklin County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed April 29, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Phillips, Maine (ME 04966) 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 April 29, 2018 (English).
- ^ History of Phillips, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed April 29, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Phillips Maine: Rich History. In: ipower.com. phillipsmaine.ipower.com, accessed April 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
- ^ Phillips Public Library: Welcome. In: me.us. www.phillips.lib.me.us, accessed April 29, 2018 .
- ↑ MSAD58. In: msad58.org. MSAD58, accessed April 29, 2018 (American English).
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