Winthrop (Maine)

Winthrop
CM Bailey Public Library
Location in Maine
Winthrop
Basic data
Foundation :	April 26, 1771
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Kennebec County
Coordinates :	44 ° 19 ′  N , 69 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 19 ′  N , 69 ° 58 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	6.092 (as of 2010)
Population density :	75.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	98.16 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 80.86 km 2  (approx. 31 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	93 m
Postal code :	04364
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-86935
GNIS ID :	0582824
Website :	www.winthropmaine.org

Winthrop is a town in Kennebec County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 6,092 inhabitants in 3,295 households on an area of ​​98.16 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Winthrop has a total area of ​​98.16 km², of which 80.86 km² is land and 17.30 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Winthrop is located in the southwest of Kennebec County. Cobbosseecontee Lake is adjacent to the east . In the north, the Maranacook Lake and in the south, the Annabessacook Lake protrudes into the area of ​​the town. In the west, the Wilson and Berry Pond border. There are other smaller lakes in the Winthrop area. The surface is slightly hilly, the highest point is Mount Pisgah , which is 249 m high .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Readfield , 2.1 miles
• East: Manchester , 7 miles
• Southeast: West Gardiner , 6.4 mi
• South: Monmouth , 4 miles
• West: Wayne , 7.2 mi
• Northwest: Mount Vernon , 7.4 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Winthrop : East Winthrop , Galeville , Island Park , Maranacook , Tallwood , Winthrop and Winthrop Center (formerly Baileyville) .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Winthrop 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

Winthrop was initially called Plantation Pondtown . Pondtown was part of the Kennebec Purchase from Governor Bradford's Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts. Settlement in the area began in 1765. Timothy Foster was the first settler. As a town, Winthrop was organized on April 26, 1791 and the name was changed to Winthrop after John Winthrop, Jr. , the first governor of Massachusetts. Until 1791 Readfield belonged to the area of ​​the town. Winthrop was represented in the General Court as early as 1783. A post office was established in 1800 and the Winthrop Woolen Company was founded in 1809. Further businesses settled in the village of Winthrop.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Winthrop, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										1226
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1219	1444	1619	1888	1915	2154	2338	2229	2146	2111
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	2088	2114	1902	2334	2508	3026	3537	4335	5889	5968
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	6232	6092

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Winthrop, several buildings and an archaeological site have been listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places :

• Moses Bailey House , recorded 1984, register no. 84000325
• Charles M. Bailey Public Library , incorporated in 1985, Register No. 85001264
• Cobbossee Lighthouse , recorded in 1984, register no. 84001369
• Jon Lund Site , incorporated in 1980, register no. 80000234
• Winthrop Mills Company , incorporated in 2014, register no. 14000835

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 202 runs from southwest to northeast through Winthrop Winthrop and connects with Green in the southwest and Augusta in the northeast. The Maine State Route 136 runs in a north-south direction by the eastern Town, parallel to the western shore of Cobbosseecontee Lakes. Maine State Route 133 branches off from the highway in a north-westerly direction, the route of which is partially congruent with Maine State Route 41, which runs northwards .

The Cumberland Center – Bangor freight railway runs through Winthrop. As early as 1849, Winthrop was connected to the railway network by the now closed Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad . In 1902 the tram reached Augusta Winthrop.

Public facilities

CM Bailey Public Library 1922

There are several rehabilitation facilities in Winthrop. Further medical facilities and hospitals are located in Augusta.

The CM Bailey Public Library is located in Winthrop . It was founded on July 8, 1889. It was originally located in Downtown Winthrop and at the time of its founding had a collection of 1,322 volumes. A donation from Charles M. Bailey enabled a new building to be built at the beginning of the 20th century, which was opened on December 2, 1916.

education

Winthrop Public Schools is responsible for school education in Winthrop .

The following schools are located in Winthrop:

• Winthrop Grade School with school classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade
• Winthrop Middle School with school classes from 6th to 8th grade
• Winthrop High School with school classes from 9th to 12th grade

The headquarters of Monmouth / Winthrop Adult Education are also located in Winthrop.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Samuel P. Benson (1804–1876), politician
• Elizabeth Armstrong Reed (1842-1915), orientalist

Personalities who have worked on site

• Lauren Jacobs (* 1985), cross-country skier and biathlete
• Jotham Bradbury Sewall (1825–1913), pastor, classical philologist and university professor

Web links

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

• Official website of Manchester (English)
• Winthrop on Maine.gov
• Winthrop on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Winthrop in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed August 28, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Mount Pisgah at peakery.com , accessed August 28, 2018
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ Winthrop, Kennebec County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed August 28, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Winthrop on city-data.com , accessed on August 28, 2018
7. ^ History of Winthrop, Maine - From A Gazetteer of the State of Maine by Geo. J. Varney . Retrieved August 28, 2018
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ↑ CM Bailey Public Library , accessed August 28, 2018
10. ↑ Winthrop Public Schools , accessed August 28, 2018