Westfield (Maine)
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | March 7, 1905 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 32 ′ N , 67 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 549 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 5.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 104.3 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 104.2 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 197 m | ||
| Postcodes : | : 04787 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-82770 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 00582804 | ||
| Website : | maine.gov | ||
Westfield is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010, 549 people lived there in 240 households on an area of 104.3 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has an area of 104.3 km²; 104.2 km² of this is land and 0.1 km² is water .
Geographical location
Westfield is located in eastern Aroostook County near the border with Canada . The surface of the town is flat, but there is a group of hills to the west, the highest point of which is the 384 m high Green Mountain . There are no major rivers or lakes in the town area.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Presque Isle , 4.2 mi
- Northeast: Easton , 9 mi
- East: Mars Hill , 8.4 mi
- Southeast: Blaine , 8.7 mi
- South: E-Township in the Unorganized Territory of Central Aroostook
- West: Unorganized Territory of Central Aroostook , 17 mi
- Northwest: Chapman , 10 mi
City structure
In Westfield is the eponymous settlement core : Westfield .
climate
The mean mean temperature in Westfield is between −12.2 ° C (10 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 10 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. At over five and a half meters, the snowfalls between October and May are almost 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
Today's Westfield was originally awarded as two half-township grants, the Deerfield Academy Grant and the Westfield Academy Grant, and registered as a Plantation in 1861 . The original name for this area was Township No. 10, Second Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T10 R2 WELS). In 1905 it was recognized as a town. The first European settlers were James Thorncraft and his wife in 1839. The first school house was built in 1863.
A tornado caused severe damage in May 2009.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Westfield, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 76 | 103 | 166 | |||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 259 | 689 | 798 | 776 | 735 | 557 | 569 | 517 | 647 | 589 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 559 | 549 | ||||||||
Culture and sights
Buildings
Beecher H. Duncan Farm is located in the area of the town . It was built from 1910 to 1912 and in 2009 under the register no. 09000011 Listed and Registered on the National Register of Historic Places .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Maine State Route 11 leads north to south through the town and connects Westfield with Presque Isle in the north and the south Houlton. The Brownville – Saint-Leonard railway runs through town and there is a stop in Westfield.
Public facilities
The Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library is available to residents of Westfield, Presque Isle.
In addition to the Aroostook Medical Center, Presque Isle has other medical wards, not only for residents of the city, but also for those of the neighboring towns such as Westfield.
education
Westfield is part of the Maine School Administrative District # 1 with Castle Hill, Chapman, Mapleton and Presque Isle .
The following schools are offered in the school district:
- Zippel Elementary School in Presque Isle
- Mapleton Elementary School in Mapleton
- Pine Street Elementary School in Presque Isle
- Presque Isle Middle School in Presque Isle
- Presque Isle High School in Presque Isle
- Presque Isle Regional Career & Technical Center in Presque Isle
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Westfield in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed February 20, 2018
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ^ Green Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved February 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Westfield, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Westfield, Maine (ME 04787) 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 February 20, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Westfield. Maine to Encyclopedia, accessed April 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
- ↑ Duncan, Beecher H., Farm
- ^ Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library , accessed February 20, 2018
- ↑ Presque Isle, Maine (ME 04769) 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 February 11, 2018 (English).
- Jump up ↑ Home - Maine School Administrative District # 1. In: sad1.org. Maine School Administrative District # 1, accessed January 6, 2018 (American English).
