Pleasant Ridge Plantation
| Pleasant Ridge Plantation | |||
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | October 19, 1840 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Somerset County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 6 ′ N , 69 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 93 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 62.4 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) of which 57.1 km 2 (approx. 22 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 322 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04920 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-59705 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582678 | ||
Pleasant Ridge Plantation is a plantation in Somerset County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 93 people lived there in 87 households (in the United States vacation rentals are also counted as households) on an area of 62.4 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Pleasant Ridge Plantation has a total area of 62.4 km², of which 57.1 km² is land and 5.3 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
Pleasant Ridge Plantation is in western Somerset County. The Kennebec River , which forms Wyman Lake at this point , represents the eastern limit of the area of the plantation. There are several smaller lakes in the area of the plantation. The largest is the centrally located Rowe Pond . The surface is slightly hilly, Burnt Hill is the highest point at 680 m .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Northwest Somerset , Unorganized Territory , 27 mi
- Northeast: Caratunk , 14.2 km
- East: Moscow , 8.8 km
- Southeast: Bingham , 14.0 km
- South: Central Somerset , Unorganized Territory, 6.1 mi
- West: Highland Plantation , 6.4 mi
City structure
In Pleasant Ridge Plantation there are two settlement areas with Pleasant Ridge and Rowe Pond .
climate
The mean mean temperature at Pleasant Ridge Plantation is between –12.2 ° C (10 ° F ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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
The area was surveyed as Township No. 1, Second Range Bingham's Kennebec Purchase, West of Kennebec River (T1 R2 BKP WKR) . The first settlers arrived in the area in 1786. Plantation No. 1, Second Range BKP WKR , the area was organized on October 17, 1840 and named Pleasant Ridge Plantation in 1875. The organization was sustained in 1878 and 1895.
Population development
| Census Results - Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 143 | 159 | 135 | 128 | 108 | |||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 114 | 92 | 90 | 104 | 92 | 80 | 108 | 116 | 99 | 91 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 83 | 93 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Pleasant Ridge Plantation is not accessed by state roads. There are only communal ways.
Public facilities
There is no medical facility in Pleasant Ridge Plantation. Closest are in Skowhegan , Madison and Hartland .
In Bingham, the Bingham Union Library is on Main Street.
education
The Pleasant Ridge Plantation School Department is responsible for school education in Pleasant Ridge Plantation.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pleasant Ridge Plantation in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed May 2, 2020
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ^ Burnt Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ A b Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Somerset County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Moscow, Maine (data for neighboring Moscow, Maine. In: city-data.com. Www.city-data.com, accessed on May 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Population 1850-2010 according to census results
- ↑ Local: Maine.gov. In: maine.gov. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
