Readfield (Maine)

Readfield
The Elmwood, Readfield
Location in Maine
Readfield
Basic data
Foundation :	March 11, 1791
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Kennebec County
Coordinates :	44 ° 23 ′  N , 69 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 23 ′  N , 69 ° 57 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2,598 (as of 2010)
Population density :	34.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	80.16 km 2  (approx. 31 mi 2 ) of which 75.52 km 2  (approx. 29 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	77 m
Postal code :	04355
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-62190
GNIS ID :	0582693
Website :	www.readfieldmaine.org

Readfield is a town in Kennebec County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 2598 inhabitants in 998 households on an area of ​​80.16 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Readfield has a total area of ​​80.16 km², of which 75.52 km² is land and 4.64 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

Readfield is west of Kennebec County. Several lakes are located in the area or adjacent to the town: Maranacook Lake to the south, Carlton Pond to the southeast , Lovejoy Pond to the west, Echo Lake to the northwest and Torsey Lake to the north . There are other, smaller lakes. The surface is slightly hilly, the highest point is the 202 m high Monks Hill in the southeast of Readfield.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Mount Vernon , 2.2 mi
• Northeast: Belgrade , 8.2 miles
• East: Manchester , 9.4 km
• South: Winthrop , 3.3 km
• Southwest: Wayne , 8.4 mi
• Northwest: Fayette , 8.4 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Readfield : East Readfield , Hoyts (former railway station), Kents Hill (Kent's Hill), Readfield (Readfield Corner), Readfield Depot .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Readfield ranges from −7.2 ° C (19 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 6 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

Readfield was originally part of Pondtown , now Winthrop, and was settled from 1764. Pondtown was part of the Kennebec Purchase from Governor Bradford's Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts. On March 11, 1791, it was separated from Winthrop and organized as an independent town. In 1809 a narrow gore called the Thirty-Mile Strip was added, land was given to Winthrop in 1810, and land was added to Wayne in 1821. Parts of Mount Vernon were added in 1825 and 1845, and land was also given to Mount Vernon in 1845. Land was given to Manchester in 1850 and 1852 and land was added to Manchester in 1852 and 1854.

The Kents Hill School , a private school preparing for college, was founded in 1824 as Maine Wesleyan Seminary by Luther Sampson under the auspices of the Methodists in Kents Hill. It is one of the oldest continuously operating co-educational preparatory schools in the United States.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Readfield, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	938	1396	1511	1884	2037	1985	1510	1456	1243	1176
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	994	996	911	881	986	1022	1029	1258	1943	2033
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2360	2598

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Readfield, two structures have been listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Jesse Lee Church 1984 under the register no. 84001378
• Readfield Union Meeting House 1982 under registration no. 82000756

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 41 leads north to south through Readfield. It connects Readfield with Winthrop in the south and Mount Vernon in the north. It is crossed by Maine State Route 17 , which runs west-east from Fayette in the west to Manchester in the east.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Readfield. The closest are in Gardina, Whinthrop and Augusta.

In Readfield, the Readfield Community Library is on Main Street.

education

Readfield is part of Regional School Unit # 38 along with Mt. Vernon, Manchester, and Wayne . There are several schools in the school district for school children:

• Maranacook Community High School Grades 9-12, in Readfield
• Maranacook Community Middle School Grades 6-8, in Readfield
• Manchester Elementary School School classes PreK-5, in Manchester
• Mt. Vernon Elementary School School classes PreK-5, in Mount Vernon
• Readfield Elementary School School classes PK-5, in Readfield
• Wayne Elementary School School classes K-5, in Wayne

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• John Hubbard (1794–1869), politician and governor of Maine
• Timothy Simons (born 1978), actor

Web links

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

• Official Website of Readfield (English)
• Readfield on Maine.gov
• Readfield on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Readfield in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed August 19, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Monks Hill. In: peakery.com. Accessed August 19, 2018 (English). 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ ^{A b} Readfield, Kennebec County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed August 19, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Readfield, Maine (ME 04355) 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 August 19, 2018 (English). 
7. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
8. ↑ Jesse Lee Church 84001378
9. ↑ Readfield Union Meeting House 82000756
10. ↑ Readfield Community Library. In: wordpress.com. Readfield Community Library, accessed August 19, 2018 (American English). 
11. ↑ Maranacook Area Schools. In: maranacook.org. Retrieved August 19, 2018 (American English).