West Forks
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| Location in Maine | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | March 31, 1893 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Somerset County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 23 ′ N , 70 ° 0 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 60 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 0.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 128.0 km 2 (approx. 49 mi 2 ) of which 126.6 km 2 (approx. 49 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 364 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04985 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-82840 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0582805 | ||
West Forks is a plantation in Somerset County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 60 people lived there in 124 households (in the United States vacation rentals are also counted as households) on an area of 128.0 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , West Forks has a total area of 128.0 km², of which 126.6 km² is land and 1.4 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
West Forks is centrally located in Somerset County. The Kennebec River flows south and forms the eastern limit of the plantation and the Dead River, which flows east, forms the southern limit. The Dead River flows into the Kennebec River in the south of West Forks. There are a few smaller lakes in the Plantation area, the largest being Dead Stream Pond to the north . The surface is slightly hilly, the highest point is the 473 m high Wilson Hill .
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 , 8.4 mi
- Southeast: The Forks , 6.7 mi
- South and West: Northwest Somerset , Unorganized Territory, 12 mi
City structure
There are two settlement areas in West Forks: Parlin Pond and West Forks .
climate
The mean mean temperature in West 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 West Forks Plantation was organized on March 31, 1893, previously it was organized as early as 1859 to give residents the right to vote. The area was surveyed as Township No. 1, Fifth Range Bingham's Kennebec Purchase, West of Kennebec River (T1 R5 BKP WKR) .
Population development
| Census Results - West Forks Plantation, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 73 | 95 | 146 | |||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 160 | 138 | 120 | 119 | 117 | 108 | 93 | 74 | 72 | 63 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 47 | 60 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
US Highway 201 runs centrally through West Forks in a north-south direction .
Public facilities
West Forks has no medical facilities or a library. The closest facility of its kind is in Bingham and Monson.
education
West Forks forms the RSU 83 / MSAD 13 school district with Bingham, Caratunk and Moscow .
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Moscow Elementary Schoo in Moscow
- Upper Kennebec Valley Jr / Sr High School in Bingham
Web links
- West Forks on maine.gov (English)
- West Forks on roadsidethoughts.com
- West Forks on Maine Geneylogy.net
Individual evidence
- ^ West Forks in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 30, 2020
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ^ Wilson Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved May 30, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ A b West Forks Plantation, Somerset County - Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved May 30, 2020 (English).
- ^ Caratunk, Maine data for the neighboring Caratunk. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on May 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- ↑ Home. In: sad13.org. sad13, accessed May 30, 2020 .
