Somerville (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | February 24, 1807 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Lincoln County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 17 ′ N , 69 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 548 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 9.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 59.08 km 2 (approx. 23 mi 2 ) of which 56.80 km 2 (approx. 22 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 131 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04348 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-69645 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582729 | ||
| Website : | www.somervillemaine.org | ||
Somerville is a town in Lincoln County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 548 people lived there in 309 households on an area of 59.08 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Somerville has a total area of 59.08 km², of which 56.80 km² are land and 2.28 km² are water .
Geographical location
Somerville is in the north of Lincoln County and is also the northernmost town in the county. It is bordered by Waldo County to the north, Kennebec County to the west and Knox County to the east . To the west is Long Pond , to the north is Turner Pond and in the center of the Town area is James Pond . The Sheepscot River flows through it and Long Pond in a southerly direction from Sheepscot Pond . The surface is flat, without any significant elevations.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Palermo , Waldo County, 7.9 mi
- Northeast: Hibberts Gore , 3.9 mi
- East: Washington , Knox County, 6.5 mi
- South: Jefferson , 8.3 mi
- West: Windsor , Kennebec County, 6.1 mi
- Northwest: China , Kennebec County, 4.6 mi
City structure
There are several settlement areas in Somerville: East Milburne , Jones Corner , Sandhill Corner , Somerville and South Somerville .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Somerville ranges from −6.1 ° C (21 ° 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
Somerville was organized as a town on March 25, 1858. Previously the area was known as the Patricktown Plantation . This had existed since 1813. On April 17, 1937, at the height of the Great Depression , the organization as Town was abolished and Somerville was organized as Somerville Plantation . The reorganization as a town took place on February 6, 1974.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Somerville, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 98 | 138 | 292 | 384 | 506 | 552 | 606 | 505 | 539 | 453 |
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 374 | 291 | 256 | 229 | 266 | 227 | 254 | 215 | 377 | 458 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 509 | 548 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Maine State Route 17 and Maine State Route 105 extend in west-east direction by Somerville, in north-south direction is the Maine State Route 206 , at the eastern border of the Town.
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Somerville. The closest are in Waldoboro and Augusta.
Somerville does not have its own library. The closest are in Washington, Palermo and Windsor.
education
Somerville is part of the Sheepscot Valley School District, RSU 12, with Alna, Chelsea, Palermo, Westport Island, Whitefield and Windsor.
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Chelsea Elementary School in Chelsea, with school classes from Kindergarten through 8th grade
- Palermo Consolidated School in Palermo, with school classes from kindergarten to 8th grade
- Somerville Elementary School in Somerville, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade
- Whitefield Elementary School in Whitefield, with classes from Kindergarten through 8th grade
- Windsor Elementary School in Windsor, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade
Individual evidence
- ^ Somerville in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed November 10, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ a b Somerville, Lincoln County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved November 10, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Somerville, Maine (ME 04537) 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 November 10, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Somerville . In: Maine: An Encyclopedia . 2012 ( maineanencyclopedia.com ).
- ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
- ↑ http://www.svrsu.org/o/district. In: svrsu.org. Retrieved November 10, 2018 .
