Sumner (Maine)

Buckfield
Location in Maine
Buckfield
Basic data
Foundation :	June 13, 1798
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Oxford County
Coordinates :	44 ° 23 ′  N , 70 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 23 ′  N , 70 ° 27 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	939 (as of 2010)
Population density :	8.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	116.21 km 2  (about 45 mi 2 ) of which 114.66 km 2  (about 44 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	144 m
Postcodes :	04220, 04292
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-75035
GNIS ID :	0582755
Website :	www.sumnermaine.dreamhosters.com
First Universalist Society of East Sumner

Sumner is a town in Oxford County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 939 people lived there in 565 households on an area of ​​116.21 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Sumner has a total area of ​​116.21 km², of which 114.66 km² are land and 1.55 km² are water .

Geographical location

Sumner is in the east of Oxford County. The West Branch Nezinscot River , a headwaters of the Nezinscot River , which is a tributary of the Androscoggin River , flows through the area of ​​the town in a southerly direction. In the northeast in the area of ​​the town is the Labrador Pond and southwest of it the Pleasant Pond . The North Pond borders in the south . The surface of the area is hilly, the highest point is the 649 m high Black Mountain

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Peru , 6.1 mi
• East: Hartford , 6.1 miles
• South: Buckfield , 9.6 miles
• Southwest: Paris , 9.7 mi
• West: West Paris , 9.4 km
• Northwest: Woodstock , 5.5 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Sumner: Barrett , East Sumner , Redding , Sumner, and West Sumner .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Sumner is between −7.8 ° C (18  ° F ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° F) in July. This means that the place is around 2 degrees cooler compared to the long-standing mean of Maine. The snowfall between October and May is well over two meters (with a peak in January of almost 50 cm) about twice as high as the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

Initially, the area, which was organized independently on June 13, 1798 as Town Sumner, belonged to Hartford. The settlement areas were called East and West Butterfield, and West Butterfield Plantation became Sumner. Sumner was named after Governor Increase Sumner . Settlement started in the southeast and the settlers came from Plymouth County, Massachusetts. They were former soldiers of the War of Independence.

Parts of Plantation No. 2, later Franklin Plantation, now Peru, were added in 1838, 1844 and 1863. Land was given to Buckfield in 1856.

The Rumford Junction – Kennebago railway runs through Sumner.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Sumner, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	330	611	1055	1098	1269	1151	1154	1170	1014	901
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	802	762	670	867	541	526	481	525	613	761
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	854	939

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Sumner, the First Universalist Society of West Sumner was placed under monument protection in 2002 and under the register no. 02000850 listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 219 runs from west to east direction through the area of Sumner. It connects Sumner with West Paris in the west and Hartford in the east.

Public facilities

There is no hospital or medical facility in Sumner. The closest are in Rumford, West Paris, Paris and Canton.

Sumner does not have its own library. The closest are in Buckfield, Paris and West Paris.

education

Sumner belongs with Buckfield, Hanover, Hartford, Mexico, Roxbury and Rumford to the Western Foothills Regional School District (RSU # 10).

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Buckfield Junior / Senior High School in Buckfield, grades 7 to 12
• Hartford-Sumner Elementary School in Sumner, school classes pre-kindergarten through 6
• Meroby Elementary School in Mexico, school classes pre-kindergarten to 5
• Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico, grades 6 to 8
• Rumford Elementary School in Rumford, school classes pre-kindergarten through 5
• Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, grades 7 through 12

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Samuel F. Hersey (1812–1875), politician

literature

• Sumner (Me.), Charles Edward Handy, Cornell University Library: Centennial history of the town of Sumner, Me. 1798–1898 . West Sumner: CE Handy, Jr., 1899 (English).

Web links

Commons : Sumner, Maine  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Website of Buckfield ( English )
• Sumner on City-Data.com
• Sumner on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sumner in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed March 9, 2019
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ Black Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Sumner, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 9, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Sumner, Maine (ME 04292) 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 March 9, 2019 . 
7. ^ History of Sumner, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed March 9, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
9. ^ First Universalist Society of West Sumner 02000850
10. ^ Maine Area School District 39 School District in Buckfield, ME. | GreatSchools. In: greatschools.org. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .