Winn (Maine)

Winn
St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Winn
Location in Maine
Winn
Basic data
Foundation :	March 21, 1857
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Penobscot County
Coordinates :	45 ° 27 ′  N , 68 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 27 ′  N , 68 ° 20 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	407 (as of 2010)
Population density :	3.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	113.55 km 2  (approx. 44 mi 2 ) of which 113.18 km 2  (approx. 44 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	81 m
Postal code :	04495
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-86305
GNIS ID :	0582819
Website :	winnmaine.com/index.html

Winn is a town in Penobscot County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 407 inhabitants in 210 households on an area of ​​113.55 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Winn has a total area of ​​113.55 km², of which 113.18 km² is land and 0.36 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Winn is in the east of Penobscot County. In the west, the area of ​​the town is bounded by the Penobscot River , which flows south . The Mattakeung Stream flows through the north in a loop , which flows into the Penobscot River north of Winn. Several small rivers flow in a northerly direction through the area of ​​the Town and flow into the Mattakeung Stream or the Penobscot River. There are several smaller lakes, but no larger ones in the town area. The surface is flat without any major elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Mattawamkeag , 6.7 mi
• East: Webster , 10.1 km
• Southeast: Springfield , 8.6 mi
• South: Lee , 5.7 mi
• Southwest: Lincoln , 8.5 mi
• West: Chester , 8.5 miles
• Northwest: Woodville , 7.5 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Winn : East Winn , Penobscot , South Winn , West Winn, and Winn .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Winn is between −11.1 ° C (12 ° F ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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 first settler to settle in the area was Joseph Snow in 1820. He settled on the banks of the Penobscot River, on the Old Military Road , which today runs parallel to US Highway 2 .

Originally, the River Township No. 4 "belonging to the Fourth Range" , Snowville named after Joseph Snow and later also Five Islands Plantation , until it was organized on April 8, 1857 as Town Winn . The town was named after John M. Winn, who bought the area in 1843. The town's first meeting took place in the Steamboat Company office . The East Winn area was settled around 1850. A sawmill, a grain mill and a shingle mill were built there. On the banks of the Penobscot River, Shaw Tilson & Co. , later Shaw Brothers , founded a tannery in 1863 . In its time it was the second largest tannery in the world. It comprised 365 tanner vats and was sold to Poor & Kingman Co. in 1867 . In 1892 the tannery burned down. The town experienced an economic boom through the tannery.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Winn, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents				43			853	714	898	936
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	688	655	638	560	585	497	526	516	503	479
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	420	407

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

US Highway 2 runs parallel to the Penobscot River, which also forms the western border of the Winn area . Maine State Route 168 branches off from it in a southeastern direction .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Winn. Closest facilities for Winn residents are in Lincoln and Howland.

Winn does not have his own library. The nearest libraries are in Lincoln, Mattawamkeag and East Millinocket.

education

Winn belongs to MSAD 30 with Lee, Springfield and Webster and forms the Eastern Maine Area School System - AOS 90 with Baileyville, Cooper, Grand Lake Stream, Meddybemps, Princeton, Talmadge, Waite, Lakeville, Carroll Plantation, Macwahoc Plantation and Reed Plantation. In addition to other tasks, education is one of the district's organizational tasks. The following schools are offered in the school district:

• Lee Winn Elementary School in Winn, with school classes from Kindergarten through 4th grade
• Woodland Elementary School in Baileyville, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade
• Princeton Elementary School in Princeton, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade
• East Range II CSD School in Topsfield, with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade
• Jefferson Jr. High School in Lee, with classes from 5th to 8th grade
• Woodland Jr - Sr. High School in Baileyville, with classes from 8th through 12th grade

In addition, the private high school Lee Academy , which was founded in 1845 and also has a boarding school.

Web links

Commons : Winn, Maine  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The community site (English)
• Winn on maine.gov
• Winn on City-data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Winn in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 21, 2019
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} Winn, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved December 21, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Winn, Maine (ME 04495) 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 December 21, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Welcome. In: winnmaine.com. Welcome, accessed on December 21, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Population 1830–2010 according to census results
8. ↑ aos90.org - About AOS 90. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed December 21, 2019 . 
9. ^ Welcome to Lee Academy. In: leeacademy.org. Welcome to Lee Academy, accessed December 21, 2019 (American English).