Verona Island

Verona Island
Verona Island, entrance sign
Location in Maine
Verona Island
Basic data
Foundation :	February 18, 1861
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Hancock County
Coordinates :	44 ° 32 ′  N , 68 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 32 ′  N , 68 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	544 (as of 2010)
Population density :	33.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	22.71 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 16.16 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	31 m
Postal code :	04416
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-78885
GNIS ID :	582780
Website :	www.veroname.org

Verona Island is a town in Hancock County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 544 people lived there in 292 households on an area of ​​22.71 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Verona Island has a total area of ​​22.71 km², of which 16.16 km² is land and 6.55 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

Verona Island is an island in the confluence of the Penobscot River in Penobscot Bay and in the west of Hancock County and borders in the north on Waldo County . In addition to the large island of Verona Island, the smaller island Porcupina Island to the east belongs to the town. There are no lakes on the islands. The surface is slightly hilly, with no significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Bucksport , 3 miles
• East: Orland , 7.7 miles
• South: Penobscot , 8.6 km
• Southwest: Castine , 6.3 km
• West: Stockton Springs , Waldo County 4.1 mi
• Northwest: Prospect , Waldo County, 6.4 mi

City structure

There are two settlement areas in Verona Island: Verona and Verona Park .

climate

The mean average temperature in Verona Island is between −7.22 ° C (19 ° 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

Verona Island was settled from 1780 and on February 18, 1861 organized as a town under the name Verona . The name was changed to Verona Island in 2004. Verona was named after the Italian city of Verona . Before being organized as a town, the area was called Wetmore Isle Plantation . Other names were Penobscot Island, Isle of Lett, and Orphan Island, the latter because the island was everything General Henry Knox had left for his orphaned grandchildren.

Shipbuilding has always been one of the economic sectors on Verona Island. The Roosevelt , Robert Edwin Peary's ship , with which he started his expedition to the North Pole, was built here.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Verona Island, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents					139	405	399	352	356	323
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	234	229	233	228	391	374	435	437	559	515
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	533	544

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory. The viewing platform is located in the right pylon, behind the left pylon you can see Verona Island.

Verona Island is connected to Prospekt in the west via the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and to Bucksport in the north via another bridge. US Highway 1 runs over these two bridges . Next to the Penobscot Narrows Bridge is the Waldo-Hancock Bridge , built in 1931 and closed in 2006 . The Waldo-Hancock Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places under No. 85001267 until it was dismantled .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Verona Island. The closest are in Belfast.

There is no library on Verona Island. The closest is the Buck Memorial Library in Bucksport.

education

Verona Island belongs to the school district RSU 25 with Bucksport, Orland and Prospect .

The following schools are offered in Bucksport:

• GH Jewett School, with pre-kindergarten and kindergarten
• Miles Lane School with grades 1 to 4
• Bucksport Middle School with grades 5 to 8
• Bucksport High School with grades 9 to 12

Web links

Commons : Verona Island, Maine  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The community site (English)
• Verona Island on Maine.gov
• Verona Island on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Verona Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed June 26, 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} Verona, Hancock County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved June 26, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Verona Island, Maine (ME) 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 26, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ Verona Island . In: Maine: An Encyclopedia . 2012 ( maineanencyclopedia.com ).
7. ↑ Population 1840-2010 according to census results
8. ^ Regional School Unit 25. In: rsu25.org. Retrieved May 26, 2018 .