Sweden (Maine)

Sweden
Buildings in Sweden
Location in Maine
Sweden
Basic data
Foundation :	February 26, 1813
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Oxford County
Coordinates :	44 ° 7 ′  N , 70 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 7 ′  N , 70 ° 48 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	391 (as of 2010)
Population density :	5.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	77.03 km 2  (approx. 30 mi 2 ) of which 74.64 km 2  (approx. 29 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	199 m
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-75595
GNIS ID :	0582759

Sweden is a town in Oxford County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 391 inhabitants in 331 households on an area of ​​77.03 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Sweden has a total area of ​​77.03 km², of which 74.64 km² is land and 2.38 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Sweden is located in the south of Oxford County. The Plummer Brook and Kezar Rivers flow through the area. Larger lakes are Keyes Pond and Stearns Pond , which is connected to Highland Lake to the south . The surface of the area is hilly, the highest point is the 374 m high Winns Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• Northeast: Waterford , 7 miles
• Southeast: Bridgton , in Cumberland County , 5.5 mi
• Southwest: Fryeburg , 8.3 mi
• Northwest: Lovell , 6.4 mi

City structure

There are two settlement areas in Sweden : East Sweden and Sweden .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Sweden is between −7.8 ° C (18  ° F ) in January and 20.5 ° 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

The urban area is in the traditional settlement area of ​​the Abenaki , who had their main town in Pequawket (today Fryeburg ). Pequawket was attacked during Dummer's War (1722-1727) on May 8, 1725 by Captain John Lovewell . Lovewell died in battle; the Abenaki fled and went to safety in Canada. Under the name New Suncook Plantation , the Massachusetts General Court gave the area to state employees and soldiers in 1774 in recognition of their services to the state. The place was named Lovell after Captain Lovewell in 1800 .

The southeastern part of Lovell - which later became Sweden - was settled in 1794 by Colonel Samuel Nevers from Burlington in Massachusetts to the south . He was followed from 1795 to 1796 by Benjamin Webber from Bedford , Jacob Stevens from Rowley , Andrew Woodbury and Micah Trull from Tewksbury and Peter Holden from Malden . This southeastern part of Lovell was still referred to as Southland on the map that was attached to the application for the establishment of a town . The foundation with the name Sweden took place on February 26, 1813. There was arable farming, a sawmill and a production facility for carts.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Sweden, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents			249	487	670	696	728	549	474	338
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	282	266	225	189	225	212	119	110	163	222
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	324	391

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Sweden can be reached via State Route 93.

Public facilities

Sweden does not have its own hospital or medical facility. The closest are in Bridgton, Fryeburg and Norway.

The Sweden Historical Society is located at 147 Bridgton Road .

Sweden does not have its own library. The Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell is the closest library.

education

Sweden, along with Brownfield, Denmark, Fryeburg, Lovell, Stoneham and Stow, is part of the Maine School Administrative District 72 .

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg, with the school classes Kindergarten to 8th grade
• Brownfield Denmark Elementary School in Denmark, with the school classes Kindergarten to 4th grade
• New Suncook Elementary School in Lowell, with classes from Kindergarten through 4th grade

Web links

Commons : Sweden  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sweden in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 8, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Winns Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved December 8, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Sweden, Knox County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved December 8, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Sweden, Maine (ME 04051) 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 December 8, 2018 . 
7. ^ Austin Jacobs Coolidge, John Brainard Mansfield: A History and Description of New England, General and Local . Boston, Massachusetts 1859, p. 322 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
8. ↑ George J. Varney: History of Sweden, Maine . Boston 1886 (English, online [accessed August 5, 2018]).
9. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
10. ^ Sweden Historical Society. Accessed August 5, 2018 . 
11. ↑ MSAD 72 School Board - MSAD72. In: msad72.org. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .