Pownal (Maine)

Pownal
Mallett Hall (2014)
Location in Maine
Pownal
Basic data
Foundation :	March 3, 1808
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Cumberland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 54 ′  N , 70 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 54 ′  N , 70 ° 11 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,474 (as of 2010)
Population density :	24.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	59.2 km 2  (approx. 23 mi 2 ) of which 59.2 km 2  (approx. 23 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	62 m
Postal code :	04069
FIPS :	23-60685
GNIS ID :	00582684
Website :	www.pownalmaine.org

Pownal is a town in Cumberland County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1,474 inhabitants in 613 households on an area of ​​59.2 km². Bradbury Mountain State Park is located in Pownal.

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the place has a total area of ​​59.2 km², of which 59.2 km² is land. There are no bodies of water in Pownal.

Geographical location

Pownal is in the east of Cumberland County. The Chandler Brook flows in a south-westerly direction through the area of ​​the town, it flows into the Royal River . There are no lakes in Pownal. The surface of the area is flat. The highest point is the centrally located 158 m high Mount Bradbury .

Neighboring communities

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

• Northeast: Durham , Androscoggin County , 4.1 mi
• Southeast: Freeport , 6.4 mi
• South: Yarmouth , 3.2 miles
• Southwest: North Yarmouth , 3.8 mi
• West: Gray , 20.6 km
• Northwest: New Gloucester , 8 mi

City structure

There are three settlement areas in Pownal : North Pownal , Pownal Center (Pownal) and West Pownal .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Pownal is between -6.1 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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

Ponwal's history is linked to Freeport. The area was first settled in 1680. Town Pownal was founded on March 3, 1808 when it was separated from Town Freeport. Ponwal was named after the former governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay Thomas Pownall , who had died 3 years earlier.

With a hilly surface and generally good arable land, agriculture became the main economic factor. Later a flour mill and a carriage factory were built.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Pownal, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										2043
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1678	872	1058	1308	1210	1074	1053	981	874	712
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	592	625	514	462	575	752	778	800	1189	1262
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1491	1474

Culture and sights

Buildings

Pownal Cattle Pound

Three structures are listed buildings and have been added to the National Register of Historic Places .

• Pownal Cattle Pound , recorded 2004, register no. 04000745
• Jacob Randall House , recorded 1979, register no. 79000144
• Mallett Hall , recorded 1991, register no. 91001511

Parks

Bradbury Mountain State Park is located in the center of the town and was established as one of the first five state parks by the state government in 1939. The park covers an area of ​​800 acres (3.24 km²), which is mostly forested. The state park is located on the slopes of the Bradbury Mountains.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Maine State Route 9 runs through Pownal from the southeast to the northwest . The Interstate 295 passes through the adjacent Freeport.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Pownal. Hospitals can be found in Portland, Freeport and Yarmouth.

Pownal does not have its own library. The closest is in Freeport.

education

Pownal belongs to Regional School Unit 5 with Durham and Freeport .

The following schools are available in the school district:

• Freeport High School in Freeport (9th to 12th grade)
• Freeport Middle School in Freeport (6th to 8th school year)
• Mast Landing School in Freeport (3rd to 5th grade)
• Morse Street School in Freeport (Preschool)
• Durham Community School in Durham (pre-kindergarten through 8th grade)
• Pownal Elementary School in Pownal (pre-kindergarten through 5th grade)

Web links

Commons : Pownal, Maine  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Pownal administrative records on the official Maine state websites
• Pownal on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pownal in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 18, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Bradbury Mountain State Park homepage
4. ^ Mount Bradbury. In: peakery.com. Retrieved March 18, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
6. ^ Pownal, Cumberland County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 18, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Pownal, Maine (ME 04069) 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 18, 2018 (English). 
8. ^ ^{A b} A History and Description of New England, General and Local by Austin Jacobs Coolidge, John Brainard Mansfield, p. 24
9. ↑ The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson by Bernard Bailyn, page 44, footnote
10. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
11. ^ State Parks and Public Lands: Maine ACF - Search Results. In: maine.gov. Retrieved March 18, 2018 . 
12. ^ Home - Regional School Unit 5. In: rsu5.org. Retrieved December 27, 2017 (English).