Plymouth (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | February 21, 1826 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Maine | |
County : | Penobscot County | |
Coordinates : | 44 ° 47 ′ N , 69 ° 14 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 1,380 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 17.9 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 80.42 km 2 (approx. 31 mi 2 ) of which 77.00 km 2 (approx. 30 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 66 m | |
Postal code : | 04969 | |
Area code : | +1 207 | |
FIPS : | 23-59950 | |
GNIS ID : | 0582679 | |
Website : | www.townofplymouthmaine.com |
Plymouth is a town in Penobscot County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1380 inhabitants in 615 households on an area of 80.42 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Plymouth has a total area of 80.42 km², of which 77.00 km² are land and 3.42 km² are water .
Geographical location
Plymouth is located in the southwest of Penobscot County and is bordered by Waldo County to the southwest and Somerset County to the west . In the southeast is the Plymouth Pond and in the south of the Round Pond connected to the Plymouth Pond . The Martin Stream flows north. A few smaller streams run through the area of the town. The surface is flat.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- Northeast: Newport , 5.8 mi
- East: Etna , 8.2 km
- South-east: Dixmont , 12.2 km
- Southwest: Troy , Waldo County, 7.7 mi
- West: Detroit , Somerset County, 3.4 mi
- Northwest: Palmyra , Somerset County, 7.7 mi
City structure
There are two settlement areas in Plymouth: Hows Corner and Plymouth .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Plymouth ranges from −7.8 ° C (18 ° F ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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
Plymouth was organized as a town on February 21, 1826. The area of the new town of Plymouth included parts of the town of Edna and the township T5 R2 NWP. The town was named after Plymouth in Massachusetts , which was named after Plymouth in England .
The town was able to grow economically thanks to the hydropower used on the Martin Stream. By 1880 Plymouth had 828 people, ten shops, two hotels, and nine public schools.
Population development
Census Results - Town of Plymouth, Maine | ||||||||||
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year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
Residents | 504 | 843 | 925 | 989 | 941 | 828 | 689 | |||
year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
Residents | 658 | 590 | 576 | 468 | 462 | 496 | 494 | 542 | 811 | 1152 |
year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
Residents | 1257 | 1380 |
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Interstate 95 runs through Plymouth in a west-east direction through the northeast . The Maine State Route 69 also runs east to west. It is crossed by Maine State Route 7 .
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Plymouth. Closest facilities for Plymouth residents are in Hartland, St. Albans and Pittsfield.
Plymouth does not have its own library. The closest are in Newport, Detroit and Carmel.
education
Plymouth is part of Regional School Unit 19 with Corinna, Dixmont, Etna, Hartland, Newport, Palmyra and St. Albans .
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Corinna Elementary School in Corinna, with school classes from pre-kindergarten to 4th grade
- Etna-Dixmont School in Etna, with school classes from pre-kindergarten to 8th grade
- Newport / Plymouth Elementary School in Newport, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade
- St. Albans Consolidated in St. Albans, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade
- Somerset Valley Middle School in Hartland, with classes from 5th to 8th grade
- Sebasticook Middle School in Newport, with classes from 5th to 8th grade
- Nokomis Regional High in Newport, with school classes from 9th to 12th grade
Personalities
Personalities who have worked on site
- Samuel Butman (1788–1864), politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plymouth in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed on December 1, 2019
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Plymouth, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed December 1, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Plymouth, Maine (ME 04969) 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 December 1, 2019 .
- ^ Plymouth - Maine: An Encyclopedia. In: maineanencyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Population 1830–2010 according to census results
- ^ Regional School Unit 19. In: rsu19.org. Accessed December 1, 2019 .