West Gardiner

West Gardiner
Town Offices
Location in Maine
West Gardiner
Basic data
Foundation :	August 8, 1850
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Kennebec County
Coordinates :	44 ° 13 ′  N , 69 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 13 ′  N , 69 ° 53 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	3,474 (as of 2010)
Population density :	54.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	70.11 km 2  (approx. 27 mi 2 ) of which 63.79 km 2  (approx. 25 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	49 m
Postal code :	04345
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-82945
GNIS ID :	0582806
Website :	www.westgardinermaine.org

West Gardiner is a town in Kennebec County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there lived 3474 inhabitants in 1368 households on an area of ​​70.11 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , West Gardiner has a total area of ​​70.11 km², which consists of 63.79 km² of land and 6.32 km² of water .

Geographical location

West Gardiner is located in the south of Kennebec County and is bordered to the east by Cobbosseecontee Lake , whose outflow, the Cobbosseecontee Stream , forms the southern border, flows through Pleasant Pond and flows further north into the Kennebec River , where it forms the eastern boundary of the town . The surface of the area is flat without any significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Manchester , 3 miles
• Northeast: Farmingdale , 3.4 mi
• East: Gardiner , 9.2 km
• South: Litchfield , 4.3 mi
• South-West: Monmouth , 15.5 km
• Northwest: Winthrop , 6.4 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in West Gardiner: Browns Corner (Brown's Corner), Frenchs Corner (French's Corner), Gardinerville , Spears Corner , West Gardiner, and West Gardiner Center .

climate

The mean mean temperature in West Gardiner is between -7.2 ° 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

West Gardiner initially belonged to the town of Pittston, which was organized in 1779 and previously known as Gardinerston Plantation and was settled from 1779. On August 8, 1850 West Gardiner was organized independently as a town after Gardiner, to which West Gardiner belonged, had been organized as a city. However, the western, rural part of the area did not feel part of the city and so the Town West Gardiner was organized separately from the City Gardiner.

Land was given to Farmingdale in 1852 and parts of Farmingdale were added in 1853. In 1856 parts of Litchfield were added.

Population development

Census Results - Town of West Gardiner, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents							1294	1044	977	853
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	693	629	553	627	867	946	1144	1435	2113	2513
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2902	3474

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Interstate 95 extends in the north-south direction, parallel to the eastern border of the Town. From the southeast, Interstate 295 joins 95. In a west-east direction, Maine State Route 126 runs from Gardiner in the east to Litchfield in the west.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in West Gardiner. The closest are in Gardiner, Winthrop and Augusta.

The Gardiner Public Library is located in West Gardiner and dates back to 1796. A first building was erected by the Gardiner Library Association in 1881. The current building was built in 1930.

education

West Gardiner, along with Gardiner, Pittston, and Randolph, is part of the Maine School Administrative District # 11.

The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Gardiner Area High School with grades 9 to 12, in Gardiner
• Gardiner Regional Middle School with grades 6 to 8, in Gardiner
• River View Community Schoo with grades 3 to 5 in Gardiner
• Laura E. Richards School with the school classes Pre-K to 2, in Gardiner
• Helen Thompson School with classes from Pre-K to 5, in Gardiner
• Pittston Consolidated School with Kindergarten through 4 classes in Pittston
• Teresa C. Hamlin School with classes Pre-K to 5, in Randolph

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• John Frank Stevens (1853–1943), engineer who built the Great Northern Railway in the United States and was chief engineer in the construction of the Panama Canal from 1906 to 1908.

Web links

Commons : West Gardiner, Maine  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Official Website of West Gardiner (English)
• West Gardiner on Maine.gov
• West Gardiner on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ West Gardiner in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed August 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} West Gardiner, Kennebec County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed August 26, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} West Gardiner on City-Data.com , accessed on August 26, 2018
6. ^ History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, with a sketch of the Kennebec Indians, & New Plymouth purchase, comprising historical matter from 1602 to 1852; with genealogical sketches of many families, by Hanson, JW (John Wesley), 1823-1901 , accessed August 26, 2018
7. ↑ Population 1860–2010 according to census results
8. ^ Gardiner Public Library , accessed August 26, 2018
9. ↑ Msad 11. In: msad11.org. Accessed August 26, 2018 .