Porter (Maine)

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Old Meetinghouse
Location in Maine
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Basic data
Foundation :	February 20, 1807
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Oxford County
Coordinates :	43 ° 50 ′  N , 70 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 50 ′  N , 70 ° 57 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,498 (as of 2010)
Population density :	18.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	85.13 km 2  (approx. 33 mi 2 ) of which 81.58 km 2  (approx. 31 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	221 m
Postal code :	04068
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-60405
GNIS ID :	0582682
Website :	portermaine.org
Porter-Parsonsfield Bridge

Porter is a town in Oxford County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1,498 inhabitants in 816 households on an area of ​​85.13 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Porter has a total area of ​​85.13 km², of which 81.58 km² is land and 3.55 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Porter is located in southwest Oxford County and is bordered by York County to the south and Carroll County , New Hampshire to the west. The largest lakes in the Town area are the centrally located Colcord Pond and Bickford Pond . Other lakes are Mine Pond and Plaine Pond in the southwest, and Black Lake and Spectacle Ponds in the southeast . Stanley Pond is on the border with Hiram . The Ossipee River flows east through the south of the town. It forms the border with the adjacent York County to the south. Other smaller rivers run through the area. The surface of the area is hilly, the highest point is the 487 m high Whales Back on the border with New Hampshire in the northwest of Porter.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Brownfield , 6.5 mi
• East: Hiram , 9.4 km
• South: Parsonsfield , York County, 7.7 mi
• Southwest: Freedom , Carroll County, New Hampshire, 6.4 mi
• Northwest: Eaton , Carroll County, New Hampshire, 6.9 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Porter: Kezar Falls , Porter , Porter Bridg , Porterfield and Stanley .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Porter ranges from −7.78 ° C (18  ° F ) in January to 20.0 ° C (68 ° F) in July. This means that the place is around 2 degrees cooler compared to the long-standing mean of Maine. The snowfall between October and May is well over two meters (with a peak in January of almost 50 cm) about twice as high as the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

The Grant Porter was in September 1795 Dr. Aaron Porter with another, for the amount of £ 564. The terms of the grant included the provision of a piece of land for a school, another piece of land for the first priest to settle, and a piece of land for his maintenance. In addition, 100 acres (40.5 hectares ) were to be given to each settler who settled before January 1, 1784 . At that point there were four settlers who did. More settlers came to Porter in 1787 and 1791. Most of them were former soldiers who had served during the revolution. Porter belonged to the territory of the Pigwacket , a tribe of the Abenaki . The area that was known as Porterfield Plantation before the town was organized on February 20, 1807, extended to Fryeburg. When it was organized in 1807, about two-fifths of the area was given to Brownfield.

Additional areas were given to Brownfield in 1831, 1832 and 1855.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Porter, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents		292	487	841	1133	1208	1240	1104	1095	1015
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	886	864	820	883	892	1052	975	1115	1222	1301
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1438	1498

Culture and sights

Buildings

Two buildings in Porter have been listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Porter Old Meetinghouse , 1973 under the register no. 73000267.
• Porter-Parsonfield Bridge , 1970 under the register no. 70000058.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 25 runs east to west through the south part of the Town parallel to Ossipee River. From it branches off in a central height in a southerly direction from the Maine State Route 160 to Parsonsfield, which connects the town with Brownfield in the east of the town in a northerly direction along the eastern border with Hiram.

Public facilities

Porter does not have its own hospital or medical facility. The closest facilities are in Fryeburg, Ossipee and North Conway, New Hampshire.

The Kezar Falls Library in neighboring Parsonsfield in York County is also available to residents of the Town Porter.

education

Porter belongs to the Maine School Administrative District 55 with Baldwin, Cornish, Hiram and Parsonsfield .

The following schools are available for school children in the school district:

• Sacopee Valley Elementary School in Hiram
• Sacopee Valley Middle School in Hiram
• Sacopee Valley High School in Hiram

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Samuel W. Gould (1852-1935), politician

Web links

Commons : Porter, Maine  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Website Porter ( English )
• Porter on City-Data.com
• Porter on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Porter in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed March 3, 2019
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Whales Back. In: peakery.com. Accessed March 3, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Porter, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Porter, Maine (ME 04068) 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 March 3, 2019 . 
7. ^ History of Porter, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed March 3, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
9. ↑ Porter Old Meetinghouse 73000267
10. ↑ Porter-Parsonfield Bridge 70000058
11. ↑ Town of Porter Maine: Welcome to Porter, Maine. In: portermaine.org. Town of Porter, Maine. Retrieved March 3, 2019 (American English). 
12. ↑ home page. In: sad55.org. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .