St. Albans (Maine)

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St. Albans
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Location in Maine
St. Albans (Maine)
St. Albans
St. Albans
Basic data
Foundation : June 14, 1813
State : United States
State : Maine
County : Somerset County
Coordinates : 44 ° 56 ′  N , 69 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 56 ′  N , 69 ° 23 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2.005 (as of 2010)
Population density : 17.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 121.99 km 2  (approx. 47 mi 2 ) of
which 116.01 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 81 m
Postal code : 04971
Area code : +1 207
FIPS : 23-64850
GNIS ID : 0582707
Website : stalbansme.govoffice2.com

St. Albans is a town in Somerset County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there lived there in 2005 inhabitants in 1259 households on an area of ​​121.99 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , St. Albans has a total area of ​​121.99 km², of which 116.01 km² are land and 5.98 km² are water .

Geographical location

St. Albans is located in southeast Somerset County and borders on Penobscot County . It is bordered by Lake The Narrows to the west and Weymouth Pond to the east . The Indian Pond is centrally located in the area . There are other smaller lakes in the town area. The surface is slightly hilly, the 319 m high Saint Albans Mountain in the northwest of the area is the highest point.

Neighboring communities

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

City structure

There are several settlement areas in St. Albans: Dixie Corner , Dow Corner , East Saint Albans , Johnson Corner , Lyford Corner , Nutter Corner , St. Albans (Saint Albans) , Stronghold, and Wildwood .

climate

The mean mean temperature in St. Albans is between -11.1 ° C (12  ° F ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° F) 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

St. Albans was settled from 1800 and organized as a town on June 14, 1813. The area was surveyed as Township No. 5, Fourth Range North of Waldo Patent (T5 R4 NWP). Parts of Hartland were added in 1821 and area was given to Hartland in 1846. Parts of Ripley were added in 1862, this land grab was reversed in 2002.

St. Albans was named both after the martyr Alban of England and after the southern English city of the same name, St Albans .

Population development

Census Results - Town of St. Albans, Maine
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Residents 371 920 1564 1792 1808 1675 1394 1206
year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Residents 1037 1027 952 1018 950 1035 927 1041 1400 1724
year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090
Residents 1836 2005

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Maine State Route 43 runs through St. Albans in a west-east direction and Maine State Route 152 runs north-south .

Public facilities

There is medical facility in St. Albans. Additional facilities for the town's residents can be found in Hartland, Dexter and Pittsfield.

St. Albans does not have its own library. The closest are in Hartland, Corinna and Dexter.

education

St. Albans is part of Regional School Unit 19 with Corinna, Dixmont, Etna, Hartland, Newport, Palmyra and Plymouth .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

  • Corinna Elementary School in Corinna, with school classes from pre-kindergarten to 4th grade
  • Etna-Dixmont School in Etna, with school classes from pre-kindergarten to 8th grade
  • Newport / Plymouth Elementary School in Newport, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade
  • St. Albans Consolidated in St. Albans, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade
  • Somerset Valley Middle School in Hartland, with classes from 5th to 8th grade
  • Sebasticook Middle School in Newport, with classes from 5th to 8th grade
  • Nokomis Regional High in Newport, with school classes from 9th to 12th grade

Web links

Commons : St. Albans, Maine  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ St. Albans in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 3, 2020
  2. Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
  3. Saint Albans Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  4. Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
  5. a b St. Albans, Somerset County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  6. a b St. Albans, Maine (ME 04971) 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 May 3, 2020 .
  7. Population 1820–2010 according to census results
  8. ^ Regional School Unit 19. In: rsu19.org. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .