TOWN WARRANT ________________ STATE OF MAINE LINCOLN, SS: To P. B. McPhee, Constable of the Town of Boothbay Harbor, in said County of Lincoln: In the name of the State of Maine, yon are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet…
To F. G. Creed, Constable of the Town of Sidney, in the County of Kennebec: Greeting: In the name of the State of Maine you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Sidney, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall in said…
To Irving C Trufant, or any Constable of the Town of Dover-Foxcroft, in the County of Piscataquis: GREETINGS: In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Dover-Foxcroft qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at Central Hall in said town,…
State of Maine County of Oxford To Garland Bell, a Constable of the Town of Buckfield. Greetings: In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the voters of the Town of Buckfield, in said County, qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Buckfield Town…
STATE OF MAINE Kennebec, S.S. To James L. Minot, a Constable in the Town of Belgrade, in the said County and State: Greetings: In the name of the State, you are hereby required to notify and warn inhabitants of the Town of Belgrade, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to assemble at the Belgrade Community…
I, James Boaz of Portland in the County of Cumberland, on oath declare and say that I was born in Plymouth in Massachusetts which was my place of residence when I enlisted at Cambridge in the year 1780 or thereabouts and joined Capt Abraham Watson’s Company which belonged to Col Graton’s Regiment and Gen1 Glover’s…
On this fourth day of December A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. John Dickinson Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting, Benen Foster a Resident of the Parish of Wakefield, County of York Province of New Brunswick aged seventy two years, who being first sworn according to law doth, on…
I Caleb Gordon, aged Sixty three years, a citizen of the United States, born in Brentwood in the State of New Hampshire on oath testify & declare (being now resident in Augusta in the District of Maine) that in April 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier for the Continental Service into what was called…
I Jonathan Knox of Berwick in the County of York, and State of Maine, aged Eighty years, do upon Oath declare, in order to obtain the benefit of a Resolve of the Legislature of Maine passed March 17 1835, entitled a “Resolve in favor of certain Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and the…
The population of Maine is measured every ten years by the U.S. Census Bureau, and is estimated annually by the Department of Human Services. The graph at right illustrates the increases since 1742 and the declining portion of the U.S. population beginning early in the 19th century. (The U.S. Census began in 1790.) The decline…
Maine continues to see a migration of its population away from the most northern areas and toward the south and mid-coast. Within counties such as Oxford and Penobscot, their southern most communities are growing while the smaller northern towns decline in population. Trends over two decades affirm the north-south divide in terms of population. This…
The distribution of people by age varies among the sixteen counties. Census reports for 2009 show young people under 18 years of age form a greater portion of the populations in western and southern counties. Three mid-coast counties (Lincoln, Knox and Hancock) have the fewest young people, with the northern and eastern counties also having…
Players Born in Maine Cuke Barrows, Gray 1909-1912 Del Bissonette, Winthrop 1928-1933 Clarence Blethen, Dover-Foxcroft [P] 1923-1929 Ralph Botting, Houlton [P] 1979-1980 Don Brennan, Augusta [P] 1933-1937 Rip Cannell, South Bridgton 1904-1905 Bill Carrigan, Lewiston 1906-1916 Wally Clement, Auburn 1908-1909 Bobby Coombs, Goodwins Mills* [P] 1933-1943 Danny Coombs, Lincoln [P] 1963-1971 John Cumberland, Westbrook [P]…
According to the U.S. Census, 139,410 Maine residents are civilians over 18 years of age who are veterans of the armed forces. This number (an average from 2005 to 2009) is down from 159,333 in 1990 and 154,590 in 2000. This is consistent with a declining veteran population across the country in these years, as…
The proportion of Black or African Americans reported living in Maine by the U.S. Census more than doubled between 2000 and 2010, from .5% to 1.2%. The total number in 2010 was nearly 16,000. Significantly affected by an influx of people from Somalia, 3.6% of Androscoggin County’s population consisted of African Americans. Nearly 7,000 (2.6%)…
Crime Incidence of Crimes Since 1980 Economy Education Scholastic Aptitude Test Scores and Trends Population Maine Population Since 1741 Population Density by County 1990 – Map Population Density by County 2000 – Map Average Family Size by County 2000 – Map County Differences by Age – Map Average Family Size by County 2000 – Map…
During the period 2005 through 2009, housing unit vacancy rates varied widely from 10% in Androscoggin County to over 46% in Washington County. This represents a slightly decreased disparity compared to the 2000 Census range for Maine, which was from 8.6% to 47.2%. Sources: Year 2000 map – http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ThematicMapFramesetServlet?-geo_id=04000US23&-tm_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_M00200&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U 2005-2009 map: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
The value of housing tells a lot about income and the competition for housing in a particular area. For nearly three decades the coastal counties (except for Washington) have registered higher housing values, while the northern counties and Washington County have had the lowest. During the 2005-2009 period, the distribuion has generally held to the…
In 2005 twelve causes accounted for 80% of all deaths in the United States; thirteen accounted for 80% of all deaths in Maine. In both, heart disease and cancer alone caused nearly half of all deaths; stroke, lower respiratory diseases (such as bronchitis, emphysema, asthma), and accidents accounted for another 16 percent. In 1999, comparable…
In 2010 the three counties in which Indian reservations exist had the largest proportion of Native American residents. Washington leads with 4.5 percent of the county’s population. Aroostook (1.5%) and Penobscot (.9%) follow. The Native American population statewide is 0.6%. County Percent Washington 4.5% Aroostook 1.5% Penobscot 0.9% Piscataquis 0.6% Kennebec 0.5% Somerset 0.5% Androscoggin…