Rangeley Plantation

Rangeley Plantation
Town Hall Rangeley Plantation
Location in Maine
Rangeley Plantation
Basic data
Foundation :	March 5, 1895
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 52 ′  N , 70 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 52 ′  N , 70 ° 41 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	189 (as of 2010)
Population density :	1.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	122.8 km 2  (approx. 47 mi 2 ) of which 105.4 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	597 m
Postal code :	04970
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-61875
GNIS ID :	582691
Website :	Maine.gov

Rangeley Plantation is a plantation in Franklin County of the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 189 inhabitants in 581 households on an area of ​​105.4 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Rangeley Plantation has a total area of ​​122.8 km², of which 105.4 km² is land and 17.4 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

Rangeley Plantation is in west Franklin County, on the border with Oxford County . To the west is Mooselookmeguntic Lake and to the north is Rangeley Lake . Other smaller lakes in the area of ​​the Plantation are the Mud Pond , Beaver Pond and the Mountain Pond . The surface is hilly, the highest point is the 954 m high Beaver Mountain .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Rangeley , 3.7 mi
• East: Sandy River , 10.4 miles
• South: West Central Franklin , Unorganized Territory , 6.9 mi
• West: North Oxford , Oxford County, Unorganized Territory, 16.5 mi

City structure

There are two settlement areas in Rangeley Plantation: Bemis and Greenvale Cove .

climate

The mean mean temperature at Rangeley Plantation is between -11.8 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 16.7 ° C (62 ° 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

As a plantation, the area was founded in 1845 as T3 R1 WBKP , including the area of ​​the Dallas Plantation Plantations 2 and 3 in the first range and 2 and 3 in the second range of townships , the area of ​​the Sandy River Plantation T3 R1 WBKP and the Town Rangeley T3 R2 WBKP . These multiple plantations were broken up in 1859.

Population development

Census Results - Plantation of Rangeley, Maine
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	98	190	159	79	63	44	39	52	69	103
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	123	189

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 17 runs north to south centrally through the territory of Plantation. Maine State Route 4 runs along the south bank of Rangeley Lake .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Rangeley. The closest are in Rumford, Farmington and Rangeley.

Rangeley Plantation does not have its own library. The closest are in Stratton, Carrabassett Valley and Town Rangeley.

education

Rangelea Plantation belongs to RSU 78 , the Rangeley Lakes Regional Schools , with Dallas Plantation, Magalloway Plantation, Rangeley and Sandy River Plantation . There is an elementary school, a middle school and a high school available in the town of Rangeley.

Web links

Commons : Rangeley Plantation, Maine  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Rangeley Plantation on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rangeley Plantation in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed April 29, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Beaver Mountain. In: peakery.com. Accessed April 29, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ Rangeley Plantation, Franklin County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed April 29, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Data for Rangeley Rangeley, Maine (ME 04970) profiles: 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). 
7. ^ Rangeley Plantation . In: Maine: An Encyclopedia . 2012 ( maineanencyclopedia.com ).
8. ↑ Population 1900–2010 according to census results
9. ↑ RSU # 78 | Rangeley Lakes Regional School. In: rangeleyschool.org. Retrieved April 29, 2018 (American English).