Woodstock (Maine)

Woodstock
Whitman Memorial Library
Location in Maine
Woodstock
Basic data
Foundation :	February 7, 1815
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Oxford County
Coordinates :	44 ° 24 ′  N , 70 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 24 ′  N , 70 ° 33 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,277 (as of 2010)
Population density :	10.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	121.42 km 2  (approx. 47 mi 2 ) of which 118.36 km 2  (approx. 46 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	343 m
Postal code :	04219
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-87355
GNIS ID :	0582827
Website :	www.woodstockmaine.net/townofficecontact.html

Woodstock is a town in Oxford County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1277 inhabitants in 974 households on an area of ​​121.42 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Woodstock has a total area of ​​121.42 km², of which 118.36 km² are land and 3.06 km² are water .

Geographical location

Woodstock is in southeast Oxford County. The Meadow Brook flows through the area of ​​the town in a southerly direction. In the northwest are the North Pond and Bryant Pond , in the northeast several smaller lakes, the largest of which is Curtis Hill . The surface of the area is slightly hilly, the highest point is the 443 m high The Pinnacle .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Milton , Unorganized Territory , 4.5 mi
• East: Sumner , 5.5 miles
• South: West Paris , 9.5 km
• West: Greenwood , 6.8 mi

City structure

There are several residential areas in Woodstock: Bryant Pond , North Woodstock , Sigotch , Skunk's Misery , South Woodstock, and Stephen's Mills .

climate

The mean average temperature in Woodstock ranges from −8.3 ° C (17  ° F ) in January to 20.0 ° C (68 ° F) in July. This means that the place is around 2 degrees cooler compared to the long-standing mean of Maine. The snowfall between October and May is well over two meters (with a peak in January of almost 50 cm) about twice as high as the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

The land grants for the area that is now organized as Town Woodstock resulted from two grants. One from Massachusetts to Dummer Academy on June 14, 1800 and the other to Gorham Academy on February 7, 1807. Woodstock was organized as a town on February 7, 1815. The Hamlin Grant area, a gore given to Cyrus Hamlin in 1816, was added to Woodstock in 1872. The settlement started in 1798 by Christopher and Solomon Bryant, two brothers from Paris. A short time later, other areas were settled.

Land was given to Paris in 1825 and 1827, some of which were taken back in 1841 and 1880, respectively. Part of Milton Plantation was added in 1853 and part of Greenwood in 1893.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Woodstock, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents			392	573	819	1012	1025	994	952	859
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	816	808	765	848	913	971	930	1005	1087	1194
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1307	1277

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Maine State Route 26 runs north to south through the town. The Maine State Route 232 branches off from here.

Public facilities

Hospitals and medical facilities for the population of Woodstock are located in South Paris, Norway, Canton, Dixfield and Rumford.

The Whitman Memorial Library is located on South Main Street in Bryant Pond, Woodstock.

education

Woodstock is part of the Maine School Administrative District 44 along with Andover, Bethel, Greenwood, Gilead, Hanover and Newry . There are two elementary schools, Crescent Park Elementary School and Woodstock Elementary School , as well as Telstar Middle School and Telstar High School . The Baily Memorial Library is located in the Clarendon Grange Community Center .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Sidney Perham (1819–1907), politician and governor of the state of Maine
• Hezekiah Williams (1798-1856), politician

Web links

Commons : Woodstock, Maine  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Website of Woodstock ( English )
• Woodstock on City-Data.com
• Woodstock on maine.gov

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Woodstock in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 11, 2019
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ Curtis Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Woodstock, Maine. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 11, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Woodstock, Maine (ME 04219) 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 11, 2019 . 
7. ^ History of Woodstock, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed March 11, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
9. ^ Whitman Memorial Library - Town of Woodstock Maine. In: woodstockmaine.net. Retrieved March 11, 2019 . 
10. ^ Maine School Administrative District 44. In: sad44.org. Retrieved December 28, 2016 . 
11. ^ Bailey Memorial Library. In: wordpress.com. Bailey Memorial Library, accessed December 25, 2016 (American English).