Sorrento (Maine)

Sorrento
Community building of Sorrento
Location in Maine
Sorrento
Basic data
Foundation :	March 3, 1895
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Hancock County
Coordinates :	44 ° 29 ′  N , 68 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′  N , 68 ° 11 ′  W
Time zone :	Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC − 4 )
Residents :	274 (as of 2010)
Population density :	26.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	36.54 km 2  (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 10.33 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	0 m
Postal code :	04677
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-69750
GNIS ID :	0582730
Website :	sorrentomaine.blogspot.com

Sorrento is a town in Hancock County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 274 people lived there in 141 households on an area of ​​36.54 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Sorrento has a total area of ​​36.54 km², of which 10.33 km² is land and 26.21 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Sorrento is located on a headland in the south of Hancock County on Frenchman Bay on the Atlantic Ocean . Several smaller lakes are scattered over the area of ​​the town. The surface is flat, without any significant elevations. Several islands belong to the area of ​​the town. The best known are Calf Island , Preble Island, and Treasure Island .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Sullivan , 2.4 mi
• East: Gouldsboro , 9.6 miles
• South: Winter Harbor , 4.3 mi
• Southwest: Bar Harbor , 6.1 mi
• West: Hancock , 7.4 mi

City structure

There are two settlement areas in Sorrento : Marlboro and Sorrento .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Sorrento is between −6.1 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 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

Until the independent organization of the Town of Sorrento on March 3, 1895, the area belonged to the Town of Sullivan. Settlement in this area began as early as 1762. At the end of the 19th century, attempts were made to make Sorrento popular as a holiday resort. The Hotel Sorrento was built in 1889 on Frenchmans Bay. It burned out in 1906. There has been a public 9-hole golf course on Sorrento since 1916.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Sorrento, Maine
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	117	147	140	143	188	201	196	199	276	295
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	290	274

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 1 directly on the northern border of the Town from west to east along. The Maine State Route 185 branches off from it in a southerly direction .

Public facilities

There are no medical institutions or hospitals in Sorrento. The closest are in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor.

The Sorrento Library was built in 1893. In 1995 it was listed as a historic monument and entered on the National Register of Historic Places under register no. 13000187 added.

education

Sorrento belongs to RSU 24 with Eastbrook, Franklin, Gouldsboro, Prospect Harbor, Steuben, Sullivan, Sumner and Winter Harbor.

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Cave Hill School in Eastbrook with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade.
• Ella Lewis School in Steuben with school classes from pre-kindergarten to 6th grade.
• Mountain View School in Sullivan with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade.
• Peninsula School in Prospect Harbor with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade.
• Sumner Memorial High School in Sullivan.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• John Howland Rowe (1918-2004), anthropologist and archaeologist

Personalities who have worked on site

• Melville W. Fuller (1833–1910), lawyer and Chief Justice of the United States from 1888 to 1910

Web links

Commons : Sorrento, Maine  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website
• Sorrento on Maine.gov
• Sorrento on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sorrento in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 22, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ^ ^{A b} Sorrento, Hancock County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved June 22, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Sorrento, Maine (ME 04677) 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 June 22, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ Population 1900–2010 according to census results
7. ↑ Sorrento Library ( English ) npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
8. ↑ sorrentovia. In: sorrentovia.org. sorrentovia, accessed June 22, 2018 . 
9. ^ Regional School Unit 24. In: rsu24.org. Retrieved June 22, 2018 .