West Manland
| West Manland | |||
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Location in Maine
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1977 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maine | ||
| County : | Aroostook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 59 ′ N , 68 ° 15 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 62 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 0.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 94.4 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 92.2 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 221 m | ||
| Postal code : | 04783 | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 23-83540 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 00582807 | ||
| Website : | maine.gov | ||
Westmanland is a town in Aroostook County in the state of Maine in the United States . The town was founded in 1892 and is part of the so-called Swedish Colony in Maine. In 2010, 62 people lived there in 102 households on an area of 94.4 km².
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Westmanland has an area of 94.4 km² , 92.2 km² of which consists of land and 2.2 km² of water .
Geographical location
The town is located northwest of Caribou (Maine) and is traversed by the Little Madawaska River in a northeastern direction. The Madawaska Lake is north of the Town and Mud Lake in the south. The water bodies do not belong to the Westmanland area. The surface of the town 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: Stockholm , 9 miles
- East: New Sweden , 9.2 mi
- Southeast: Woodland , 9.2 mi
- South: Perham , 3 miles
In the north and west of Westmanland are areas that are not intended for settlement and are not subject to any administration. However, they are subdivided into systematic parcels for later use or for major projects (e.g. the laying of high-voltage lines from power plants).
City structure
There are two settlement areas in Westmanland : Blackstone and Westmanland .
climate
The mean mean temperature in West Manland is between -12.8 ° C (9 ° 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
The area was part of the Houlton Academy Grand and the original name was Township No. 15, Fourth Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T15 R4 WELS). In 1892 the area was organized as the Westmanland Plantation, this was confirmed in 1895. There are two villages in the town area, Blackstone and Westmanland. Westmanland became a town in 1977.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Westmanland, Maine | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 52 | |||||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 100 | 104 | 101 | 87 | 105 | 77 | 46 | 52 | 53 | 72 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 71 | 62 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
None of Maine's major highways runs through Westmanland. The Maine State Route 161 runs east of Westmanland by the Town New Sweden.
Public facilities
There are no public facilities in West Manland. The residents find these in the neighboring Caribou.
education
Westmanland is part of School Union 122 with New Sweden and Woodland .
The Woodland Consolidated School, Woodland, (PreK-8) is available to students in the school district.
Web links
- Maine's Swedish Colony
- Westmanland administrative records on the official Maine state websites
- Westmanland on City-Data.com
References and comments
- ^ Westmanland in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed February 4, 2018
- ↑ In the United States, households include vacation rentals, second households, and so on.
- ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
- ↑ Westmanland. Maine to Encyclopedia, accessed April 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Westmanland, Aroostook County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved February 20, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Westmanland, 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 February 20, 2018 (English).
- ^ Westmanland on Maine Genealogy
- ↑ Population 1890–2010 according to census results
- ↑ schoolunion122. In: schoolunion122.net. schoolunion122, accessed February 4, 2018 .
