Raymond (Maine)

Raymond
Union Chapel in East Raymond
Location in Maine
Raymond
Basic data
Foundation :	June 21, 1803
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Cumberland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 55 ′  N , 70 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 55 ′  N , 70 ° 28 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	4,436 (as of 2010)
Population density :	51.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	115.9 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 85.9 km 2  (approx. 33 mi 2 ) are land
FIPS :	23-61945
GNIS ID :	00582692
Website :	www.raymondmaine.org

Raymond is a town in Cumberland County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 4436 inhabitants in 2852 households on an area of ​​115.9 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the place has a total area of ​​115.9 km ² , of which 85.9 km ^{2 are} land and 30.0 km ² consist of water .

Geographical location

Raymond is on the northeastern shore of Sebago Lake . It has a long cape that protrudes into the lake. At the end of this cape is Frye Island . The area enclosed by this cape is called Jordan Bay. The surface of the town is hilly and the 299 m high Rattlesnake Mountain is the highest point. There are several large lakes which are partly or completely in the area of ​​the town. The largest is Panther Pond, which is located entirely on the town's territory, with Thomas Pond in the south-west and Crescent Lake in the north-west . The Raymond Pond is in the north and the Notched Pond borders in the northeast .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Poland , Androscoggin County , 6 mi
• Northeast: New Gloucester , 12.9 mi
• East: Gray , 7 miles
• Southeast: Windham , 17 mi
• South: Frye Island , 4.1 mi
• West: Casco , 5.1 km

City structure

There are several settlements in Raymond : East Raymond , Greenville , Mountain (former post office), North Raymond , Raymond (Raymond Village), Raymond Cape, and Wilson Springs .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Raymond is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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

The Meadow Road, Raymond, 1909

The land was given by the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a grant to Captain William Raymond and his men in 1767 in gratitude for their service at the Battle of Québec under Sir William Phips . Until the town of Casco was founded in 1841, it also belonged to the town of Raymond. Captain Joseph Dingley began settling Raymond in 1771, but few families settled here until after the revolution. The town was founded on June 21, 1803 and took the name of Captain Raymonds.

On the Panther River, water mills were built for the processing and production of wood and staves, grain mills and a plaster factory as well as a factory for the production of children's sleds. Raymond is located north of Portland on the Maine Central Railroad . Nathaniel Hawthorne , the novelist , also lived in Raymond .

The WGME transmission mast is in Raymond . At 493.5 m in height, it was the tallest structure in the world at the time of its completion. Since the completion of the WMTW transmission tower in Baldwin, it is now the second tallest structure in Maine.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Raymond, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	438	826	1388	1756	2032	1142	1229	1120	1132	927
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	823	677	500	446	506	620	732	1328	2251	3311
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	4299	4436

Culture and sights

Buildings

Nathaniel Hawthorne Boyhood Home

Two buildings are listed and listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• East Raymond Union Chapel , recorded 2004, register no. 04000370
• Nathaniel Hawthorne Boyhood Home , recorded 1969, register no. 69000030

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 302 runs through the southwest of the Town. It connects Raymond with Portland in the south and Bridgton in the north. In a north-south direction, Maine State Route 121 and Maine State Route 85 continue to the east .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Raymond. The closest hospitals to Raymond residents are in Auburn and Bridgton.

education

Raymond belongs to RSU 14 with Windham .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Windham High School, Windham, (Grades 9-12)
• Katahdin Program in Raymond (Alternative School) (Grades 9 to 12)
• Windham Middle School in Windham, (Grades 6 to 8)
• Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond (Grades 5 to 8)
• Manchester School in Windham (Grades 3 to 5)
• Raymond Elementary School in Raymond (grades Kindergarten to 4)
• Windham Primary School in Windham (grades Kindergarten to 3)

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Kirsten Lee Clark (* 1977), ski racer

Web links

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

• Homepage of Raymond
• Raymond administrative records on the official Maine State websites
• Raymond on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Raymond in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed March 18, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ Rattlesnake Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved March 18, 2018 . 
4. ^ ^{A b c} History of Raymond, Maine From A Gazetteer of the State of Maine by Geo. J. Varney edited by BB Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston 1886
5. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
6. ^ Raymond, Cumberland County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 18, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Raymond, Maine (ME 04071) 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. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
9. ↑ RSU14 , accessed March 18, 2018