The forks
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 The Forks Marshall House |
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| Location in Maine | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | November 2, 1840 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Somerset County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 18 ′ N , 69 ° 56 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 37 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 0.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 107.4 km 2 (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of which 102.6 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 436 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04925 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-76190 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582762 | ||
.jpg) Indian Pond Campground, The Forks |
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The Forks is a plantation in Somerset County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 37 people lived there in 230 households (in the United States vacation rentals are also counted as households) on an area of 107.4 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , The Forks has a total area of 107.4 km², of which 102.6 km² are land and 4.8 km² consist of water .
Geographical location
The Forks is centrally located in Somerset County. The Kennebec River flows south and forms the western limit of the plantation. In the south of the border Pleasant Pond in the area and in eastern forms Moxie Pond , the eastern boundary of the area. The surface is slightly hilly, the highest point is the 746 m high Pleasant Pond Mountain .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North and East: Northeast Somerset , Unorganized Territory , 12 mi
- South: Caratunk , 9.9 km
- West: Northwest Somerset , Unorganized Territory, 17 mi
City structure
There are several settlement areas in The Forks: Lake Moxie , Mosquito , Moxie Corner , Pleasant Pond , The Forks, and Troutdale .
climate
The mean mean temperature in The Forks 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
The Plantation The Forks was organized on November 2, 1840. The area was surveyed as Township No. 1, Fourth Range Bingham's Kennebec Purchase, East of Kennebec River (T1 R4 BKP EKR) also called Pleasant Pond Plantation . The organization was confirmed in 1859 and 1895.
Population development
| Census Results - The Forks Plantation, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 157 | 169 | 153 | 144 | 123 | 45 | 53 | 45 | 72 | 30th |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 35 | 37 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
US Highway 201 runs through The Forks on the eastern border, parallel to the Kennebec River in a north-south direction .
Public facilities
The Forks has no medical facilities or its own library. The closest facility of its kind is in Bingham and Monson.
education
The Forks School Department is responsible for school education in The Forks.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Forks in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 24, 2020
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Pleasant Pond Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ a b The Forks Plantation, Somerset County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
- ^ Caratunk, Maine data for the neighboring Caratunk. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on May 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Population 1900–2010 according to census results
- ↑ Local: Maine.gov. In: maine.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
