Sherman (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | January 28, 1862 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 53 ′ N , 68 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 848 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 8.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 105.0 km 2 (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of which 103.7 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 192 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04776 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-67790 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 00582723 | ||
Sherman is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 848 people lived there in 452 households on an area of 105.0 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Sherman has an area of 105.0 km² , of which 103.7 km² consists of land and 1.3 km² of water .
Geographical location
Sherman is located in the southwestern part of Aroostook County. It is bordered by Penobscot County to the east . The Molunkus Stream flows through the town. To the west of Sherman is the Mud Pond and to the east is the much larger Macwahoc Lake . The surface of the town is flat, the highest point is the 242 m high Stafford Hill to the west of Sherman .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Crystal , 2.5 mi
- Northeast: Island Falls , 11 mi
- East: Unorganized Territory of South Aroostook , 11.2 mi
- South: Unorganized Territory of South Aroostook , 11.2 mi
- Southwest: Unorganized Territory of North Penobscot , Penobscot County, 37.4 km
- West: Stacyville , Penobscot County, 9.4 mi
- Northwest: Patten , Penobscot County, 9.6 mi
City structure
There are several settlement areas in Sherman : Braggville (former post office in Sherman Station), Coral (former post office), East Sherman (former post office), Golden Ridge , Number Three (later West Sherman, former post office), Patten Junction (former railway station), Sherman Mills , Sherman Station and Woodbridge Corner .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Sherman is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 10 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. At over five and a half meters, the snowfalls between October and May are almost 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
Sherman was settled in 1832 and the original name was Golden Ridge . On January 28, 1862, it was officially recognized as Town and the name was changed to Sherman. The city was named after John Sherman , a senator from Ohio who was well known at the time of the American Civil War . Sherman dispatched 134 men to fight in this war, 34 of whom died. Among them were the Caldwell brothers, for whom there has been a memorial in the town since 1982. In 1870 part of the Silver Ridge area was added to Sherman.
The Sherman area is flat and has only moderate elevations. The main rock is slate. The soil is loamy and good arable soil. Wheat, potatoes and hay grow well. Beech, birch, maple, hemlock, spruce, pine, cedar, elm, ash, spruce and linden grow in the forests. In Sherman there was a starch factory with an annual capacity of 200 tons of starch, a grist mill and two sawmills.
In 1878 the Free High School opened in Sherman, which at that time already had 85 students. In 1886 there were six public schools and one public library in Sherman.
For some years now, more and more Amish people have been settling in Sherman and have shaped the townscape through their traditional way of life and work.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Sherman, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 194 | 701 | 798 | 909 | ||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 980 | 1053 | 1134 | 1027 | 1058 | 1029 | 1034 | 949 | 1021 | 1027 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 937 | 848 | ||||||||
Culture and sights
Buildings
The AB Leavitt House was listed as a Historic Monument in 1986 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places under No. 86001336 added. It was built in 1890.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Through Sherman, Interstate 95 runs north-south through the western section, US Highway 2 also runs north-south through the east section and Maine State Route 11 , one of the oldest, runs east-west Roads in northern Maine, through Sherman between the interstate and the highway as Maine State Route 158 . The former Patten Junction – Patten railway ran through Sherman, the passenger trains ended in Sherman. Today the Brownville – Saint-Leonard railway runs through Sherman.
Public facilities
Sherman has his own library. The Sherman Public Library is located on School Street in Sherman.
There is no hospital or medical facility in Sherman. The closest hospital to Sherman and the region is in Patten.
education
Sherman is part of Regional School Unit 50 with Crystal, Dyer Brook, Hersey, Island Falls, Merrill, Moro Plantation, Mt. Chase, Oakfield, Patten, Smyrna and Stacyville .
The following schools are available to students:
- Katahdin Elementary School (PK-6) in Stacyville
- Katahdin Middle / High School (7-12) in Stacyville
- Southern Aroostook Community Schools (PK-12) in Dyer Brook
literature
- Edward Wiggin: History of Aroostook . tape 1 . The Star-Herald Press, Presque Isle ME 1922, p. 131 ff . ( Digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sherman in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed February 15, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Stafford Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Sherman, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Sherman, Maine (ME 04776) 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 February 15, 2018 (English).
- ^ Geo. J. Varney: History of Sherman, Maine. A Gazetteer of the State of Maine, accessed April 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Sherman. Maine to Encyclopedia, accessed April 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Population 1850-2010 according to census results
- ↑ 86001336 ( English ) National Park Service. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ^ A Maine Public Library: Maine State Library. In: maine.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .
- ↑ rsu # 50. In: rsu50.org. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
