Yarmouth (Maine)

Yarmouth
The old train station
Location in Maine
Yarmouth
Basic data
Foundation :	August 8, 1848
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Cumberland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 47 ′  N , 70 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 47 ′  N , 70 ° 10 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	8,349 (as of 2010)
Population density :	241.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	59.4 km 2  (approx. 23 mi 2 ) of which 34.6 km 2  (approx. 13 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	5 m
Postal code :	04096
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-87845
GNIS ID :	00582831
Website :	yarmouth.me.us

Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County in the state of Maine in the United States . Yarmouth is located on the southeast coast of Maine, on the Atlantic Ocean . In 2010 there lived 8,349 inhabitants in 3,819 households on an area of ​​59.4 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Yarmouth has a total area of ​​59.4 km², of which 34.6 km² is land and 24.8 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Yarmouth is a port city on Casco Bay on the Atlantic Ocean. The area of ​​the town is almost square and is divided in the middle by the Royal River . The Cousins ​​River separates the Yarmouth from neighboring Freeport. Yarmouth includes the islands of Cousins ​​Island , Lanes Island , Great and Little Moshier Island , Little Johns and Crab Island . The surface of the area 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.

• North: Pownal , 5.1 km
• Northeast: Freeport , 4.8 mi
• East: Chebeague Island in Casco Bay, 9.0 km
• South: Long Island in Casco Bay, 2.6 mi
• West: Cumberland , 6.4 mi
• Northwest: North Yarmouth , 5.4 mi

City structure

There are several settlements in Yarmouth: Royal Junction , Sodom , Yarmouth and Yarmouth Junction . There used to be two larger villages in the town: Yarmouthville (Upper Village, Corner Village) and Yarmouth Falls Village (Lower Village).

climate

The mean mean temperature in Yarmouth ranges from −6.7 ° C (20 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) 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

Brickyard Hollow, Yarmouth about 1900

A first settlement by Europeans in this area took place as early as 1636, but these settlements were abandoned again. The area was finally settled in 1713. One of the first settlers was William Royall in 1646, who started a riverside farm. The area still bears his name today, another was John Cousins ​​a few years earlier, who settled a headland and an island. This one still bears his name today. The land was bought from the Abenaki , to whom the principle of permanent land ownership was alien and who assumed that they had only given the land for a while.

Founded in North Yarmouth on 22 September 1680, at that time consisted also Harpswell , which was a separate town in 1750, Freeport , the Town was founded in 1789, Pownal , the Town was founded in 1808 and Cumberland , Town founded in 1821, finally Yarmouth in 1849.

A mill was built in Yarmouth as early as 1674. Thanks to the generation of energy on the rivers, mills, sawmills, cotton factories and ironworks could be operated very early on. A shoe factory and poultry processing company were added later. Papermaking began in 1816.

Yarmouth built ships for various purposes in the late 19th century. These were merchant ships, coastal ships, and barges for trade with the West Indies . Originally sloops were built with a wide hull and large sails. These were used by local traders for coastal trading.

In the twentieth century Yarmouth was growing and changing. A Grammer School was established in 1890 and a high school in 1900 . These replace most of the previously existing one-room schools. A library was built in 1904. Yarmouth developed a tourism industry mainly on the coastline of Cousins ​​and Littlejohn Islands. In 1955 a bridge was built to Cousins ​​Island. Despite the town's disapproval, State Route 295 was built along the harbor in 1961, which now separates the waterfront from the town.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Yarmouth, Maine
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents						2144	2027	1872	2021	2098
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	2274	2358	2216	2125	2214	2669	3517	4854	6585	7862
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	8360	8349

Culture and sights

Buildings

Camp Hammond Yarmouth

Prince House

Cousins ​​Island Chapel

Ten structures are listed buildings and have been added to the National Register of Historic Places .

• Capt. SC Blanchard House , recorded 1979, register no. 79000136
• Camp Hammond , recorded 1979, register no. 79000137
• Central Parish Church , recorded in 1988, register no. 88000892
• Cousins ​​Island Chapel , recorded 1997, register no. 97000605
• First Parish Congregational Church , recorded 1995, register no. 95000728
• Grand Trunk Railroad Station , recorded 1979, register no. 79000139
• Capt. Reuben Merrill House , recorded 1974, register no. 74000313
• Mitchell House , recorded 1978, register no. 78000325
• North Yarmouth and Freeport Baptist Meetinghouse , incorporated in 1978, Register No. 78000174
• Cushing and Hannah Prince House , recorded 1999, register no. 99000772

Economy and Infrastructure

The cartographic publisher DeLorme is based in Yarmouth . Eartha , the largest spinning globe on earth, is located at the company's headquarters . The globe, built in 1998, has a size of 12.52 meters

traffic

The Interstate 295 , is along the coast through Yarmouth. Highway 1 also crosses the town on the coast, parallel to the interstate . Maine State Route 115 branches off from it in a northerly direction and Maine State Route 88 in a southerly direction . Cousins ​​Island is connected to the mainland by a bridge and Little John Island is connected to Cousins ​​Island by a bridge .

Yarmouth is on the routes of the Grand Trunk Railway and the Maine Central Railroad .

Public facilities

There are medical facilities in Yarmouth. Additional hospitals and the closest hospitals for Yarmouth residents are in Falmouth and Portland.

The Merrill Memorial Library was first founded in the 1890s by George Hammond as the Hillseide Library . It was named in memory of the parents of Joseph Edward Merrill, who was born in Yarmouth and attended the North Yarmouth Academy, then later worked as a publisher in Boston.

education

The Yarmouth School Department is responsible for school education in the town.

The following schools are available in the town:

• Yarmouth High School
• Frank H. Harrison Middle School
• Yarmouth Elementary School
• William H. Rowe School

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Carl McKinley (1895–1966), composer
• Travis Roy (* 1975), ice hockey player and coach
• Walt Shepard (* 1982), biathlete

Personalities who have worked on site

• Samuel P. Benson (1804–1876), politician
• Alfred Kantor (1923–2003), Czech artist

Web links

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

• The Town Yarmouth site (English)
• Yarmouth administrative records on the official Maine State websites
• Yarmouth on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Yarmouth in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 20, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ^ History of Yarmouth, Maine From A Gazetteer of the State of Maine by Geo. J. Varney edited by BB Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston 1886
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ^ Yarmouth, Cumberland County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved March 30, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Yarmouth, Maine (ME 04096) 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 30, 2018 (English). 
7. ^ Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth. Yarmouth Historical Society, accessed April 7, 2015 . 
8. ↑ About Yarmouth on the Town's website, accessed April 7, 2015
9. ^ Yarmouth Historycal Society Mills in Yarmouth on the Yarmouth Historycal Society site
10. ^ Yarmouth Historycal Society Shipbuilding in Yarmouth on the Yarmouth Historycal Society website
11. ^ Yarmouth Historycal Society History of Yarmouth on the Yarmouth Historycal Society website
12. ↑ Population 1850-2010 according to census results
13. ^ Merrill Memorial Library - Yarmouth, Maine | The Public Library of Yarmouth, Maine. In: yarmouthlibrary.org. Retrieved March 30, 2018 . 
14. ^ Yarmouth School Department. In: yarmouthschools.org. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .