Westbrook, Maine

Westbrook
Westbrook, Presumpscot River
Location in Maine
Westbrook
Basic data
Foundation :	February 14, 1814
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Cumberland County (Maine)
Coordinates :	43 ° 42 ′  N , 70 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 42 ′  N , 70 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	17,494 (as of 2010)
Population density :	400.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	44.2 km 2  (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 43.7 km 2  (approx. 17 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	22 m
Postcodes :	04092, 04098
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-82105
GNIS ID :	0578237
Website :	www.westbrookmaine.com

Westbrook is a city in Cumberland County in the US state of Maine . Westbrook had a population of 17,494 in the 2010 US census, covering an area of ​​44.2 km². Westbrook is about 10 km west of Portland, Maine on the Presumpscot River .

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the place has a total area of ​​44.2 km², of which 43.7 km² is land and 0.5 km² is water.

Geographical location

Westbrook is in the south of Cumberland County. The Highland Lake is bordered to the north by the area of Westbrook. There are no lakes in the city area. The Presumpscot River flows east through Westbrook. It partially forms the border with Portland. The surface of the city 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.

• Northeast: Falmouth , 5.3 miles
• East: Portland , 11.8 miles
• Southeast: South Portland , 4.9 mi
• South: Scarborough , 3.4 miles
• West: Gorham , 7.7 miles
• Northwest: Windham , 4.2 mi

City structure

There are several settlements in Westbrook: Cumberland Mills (formerly Ammoncongin), Highland Lake (formerly Duck Pond), Prides Corner , Saccarappa , Westbrook and Halidon .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Westbrook is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° Fahrenheit) 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 city was originally known as Saccarappa and was named after the Saccarappa Falls on the Presumpscot River . It was a part of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) until February 14, 1814, when it became independent as the Stroudwater Ward. Soon the parish changed its name to Westbrook after Colonel Thomas Westbrook , a commander during the Dummer's War , who was given the title of King's mast agent in 1727 and who was one of the early settlers and mill operators. In 1871 Deering was separated as an independent town, which in 1889 became part of Portland. In 1891 Westbrook was incorporated as a City.

Population development

Census Results - City of Westbrook, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents			2502	3238	4116	4852	5113	6583	3981	6632
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	7283	8281	9453	10807	11087	12284	13820	14444	14976	16121
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	16142	17494

Culture and sights

Buildings

Walker Memorial Library

Six buildings and one district are listed buildings and have been added to the National Register of Historic Places .

As a district

• Cumberland Mills Historic District , incorporated in 1974, Register No. 74000316

Other structures

• Nathan Harris House , recorded 1993, register no. 93001116
• St. Hyacinth School and Convent , recorded in 2013, register no. 13000439
• Vallee Family House , recorded in 1988, register no. 88001853
• Walker Memorial Library , recorded 1980, register no. 80000231
• Warren Block , recorded 1974, register no. 74000315
• Westbrook High School , incorporated in 1979, Register No. 79000146

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  Old Warren House circa 1912

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  Bridge Street circa 1912

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  Cumberland Mills circa 1907

Natural phenomenon

On the Presumpscot River in January 2019, the current of the river formed a rotating ice circle with a diameter of about 90 m . The ice circle attracted a lot of media interest and many visitors traveled to Westbrook to see the ice circle.

Economy and Infrastructure

The former largest employer in the region was the SD Warren paper mill in Westbrook. It has been part of the South African Sappi Group since the mid-1990s . Before that, it belonged to the US company Scott and was the world's largest manufacturer of coated paper . In 1956 the manufacturer Johann Wilhelm Zanders from Bergisch Gladbach acquired the license for this manufacturing process for his Zanders paper mill .

traffic

The Interstate 95 runs near the eastern border of Westbrook by Portland. In a west-east direction, US Highway 302 runs through north Westbrook.

Public facilities

There are several medical facilities in Westbrook. The Walker Memorial Library is Westbrook's public library. The building was erected in 1894 and listed as a historical monument.

education

City education is organized by the Westbrook School Department .

The following schools are available in South Portland:

• Westbrook High School
• Westbrook Middle School
• Saccarappa School
• Congin School
• Canal School

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Aja (1963-2006), porn actress
• Benjamin Paul Akers (1825) sculptor
• James D. Fessenden (1833–1897), Civil War general
• Artt Frank (* 1933), jazz drummer and author
• Scott Garland (born 1970), wrestler
• Beverly Jensen (1953–2003), actress and writer
• Edmund Morrill (1834–1909), Congressman and Governor
• Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte (* 1978), author, lecturer, political activist and local politician

Personalities who have worked on site

• Rudy Vallee (1901–1986), musician, band leader, actor and entertainer, grew up in Westbrook
• Nancy A. Henry (* 1961), poet, now lives in Westbrook

Web links

Commons : Westbrook, Maine  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Westbrook, Maine homepage
• Westbrook on maine.gov
• Westbrook on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Westbrook in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 23, 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. ^ Westbrook, Cumberland County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 23, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Westbrook, Maine (ME 04092) 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 March 23, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} George Varney: Westbrook . In: A Gazetteer of the State of Maine . BB Russell. 1886. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
7. ^ Westbrook, Maine Genealogy Project
8. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
9. ↑ Dennis HoeyStaff Writer: Videos: Spinning in the Presumpscot, this alien-looking ice disk has Westbrook all abuzz. In: pressherald.com. 2019, accessed January 21, 2019 . 
10. ↑ westbrookhistoricalsociety.org: The Westbrook Historical Society , Access 4 August 2011
11. ^ Westbrook Mill. In: Locations. Sappi North America, accessed February 15, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Scott Paper to buy back $ 300 million in stock and reduce debt by $ 1.3 billion ( Memento of July 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) , Business Wire of December 20, 1994, accessed August 4, 2011
13. ^ Magdalene Christ, Albert Esser, Gabriele Lindlar: Zanders in Bergisch Gladbach. On the 100th birthday of Dr. Johann Wilhelm Zanders. Bergisch Gladbach 1999, p. 7 ff.
14. ^ Walker Memorial Library - Home. In: walkerlibrary.org. Walker Memorial Library, accessed March 23, 2018 (American English). 
15. ↑ westbrook. In: westbrookschools.org. westbrook, accessed March 23, 2018 .