Brunswick, Maine

Coordinates: 43°54′39″N 69°57′47″W / 43.91083°N 69.96306°W / 43.91083; -69.96306
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Brunswick, Maine
Town
Downtown Brunswick, looking north along Maine Street
Downtown Brunswick, looking north along Maine Street
Eastern)
ZIP code
04011
Websitewww.brunswickme.org

Brunswick is a

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area, Brunswick is home to Bowdoin College, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum, and the Maine State Music Theatre. It was formerly home to the U.S. Naval Air Station Brunswick
, which was permanently closed on May 31, 2011, and has since been partially released to redevelopment as "Brunswick Landing".

History

Map of Brunswick, Maine, dated May 29, 1795
The rail yard at Brunswick, Maine, pictured in a c. 1910 postcard

Settled in 1628 by

Pejepscot, meaning "the long, rocky rapids part [of the river]". In 1639, Purchase placed his settlement under protection of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. During King Philip's War in 1676, Pejepscot was burned and abandoned, although a garrison called Fort Andros was built on the ruins during King William's War. During the war, in Major Benjamin Church's second expedition a year later, he arrived on September 11, 1690, with 300 men at Casco Bay. He went up the Androscoggin River to Fort Pejepscot (present day Brunswick, Maine).[4] From there he went 40 miles (64 km) upriver and attacked a native village. Three or four native men were shot in retreat. When Church discovered five captive settlers in the wigwams, six or seven prisoners were butchered as an example,[5] and nine prisoners were taken. A few days later, in retaliation, the natives attacked Church at Cape Elizabeth on Purpooduc Point, killing seven of his men and wounding 24 others.[6]
On September 26, Church returned to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

The

Abenaki Indians and the English colonists.[7]

In 1714, a

seaport, where Bowdoin College was chartered in 1794.[7]

The

confections. The town was site of the first cotton mill in Maine, the Brunswick Cotton Manufactory Company, built in 1809 to make yarn. Purchased in 1812, the mill was enlarged by the Maine Cotton & Woolen Factory Company.[8] In 1857, the Cabot Manufacturing Company was established to make cotton textiles. It bought the failed Worumbo Mill and expanded the brick factory along the falls. Needing even more room, the company in 1890 persuaded the town to move Maine Street.[9]

Principal employers for Brunswick include

health services providers serving Maine's mid-coast area are located in Brunswick.[10] The former Naval Air Station Brunswick
was a major employer in Brunswick prior to its closure.

National Register of Historic Places

Main article: National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine

Brunswick has a number of historic districts recognized on the National Register of Historic Places:

In popular culture

The book Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe while she was living in Brunswick, during the time that her husband was a professor at Bowdoin. She got a key vision for the book in the First Parish Church.[11]

A scene in the 1993 movie The Man Without a Face was filmed in the town.[10]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 54.34 square miles (140.74 km2), of which 46.73 square miles (121.03 km2) is land and 7.61 square miles (19.71 km2) is water.[1] Brunswick is located at the north end of Casco Bay, as well as the head of tide and head of navigation on the Androscoggin River.

Climate

Climate data for Brunswick, Maine
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 61
(16) 		59
(15) 		73
(23) 		84
(29) 		94
(34) 		100
(38) 		98
(37) 		104
(40) 		95
(35) 		85
(29) 		74
(23) 		68
(20) 		104
(40)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 31
(−1) 		34
(1) 		43
(6) 		54
(12) 		65
(18) 		74
(23) 		79
(26) 		78
(26) 		70
(21) 		59
(15) 		47
(8) 		36
(2) 		56
(13)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 10
(−12) 		14
(−10) 		23
(−5) 		33
(1) 		44
(7) 		53
(12) 		59
(15) 		58
(14) 		50
(10) 		38
(3) 		30
(−1) 		18
(−8) 		36
(2)
Record low °F (°C) −49
(−45) 		−25
(−32) 		−10
(−23) 		13
(−11) 		27
(−3) 		34
(1) 		37
(3) 		37
(3) 		28
(−2) 		18
(−8) 		1
(−17) 		−21
(−29) 		−49
(−45)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.72
(94) 		3.55
(90) 		4.37
(111) 		4.74
(120) 		4.52
(115) 		4.17
(106) 		4.00
(102) 		3.30
(84) 		4.23
(107) 		4.94
(125) 		5.62
(143) 		4.07
(103) 		51.23
(1,300)
Source: weather.com[12]

Neighboring cities and towns

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
17901,357—
18001,80933.3%
18102,68248.3%
18202,9319.3%
18303,54721.0%
18404,25920.1%
18504,97716.9%
18604,723−5.1%
18704,687−0.8%
18805,38414.9%
18906,01211.7%
19006,80613.2%
19106,621−2.7%
19207,2619.7%
19307,6044.7%
19408,65813.9%
195010,99627.0%
196015,79743.7%
197016,1952.5%
198017,3667.2%
199020,90620.4%
200021,1721.3%
201020,278−4.2%
202021,7567.3%
[13][14][15]
See also: Brunswick (CDP), Maine

As of 2000, the median income for a household in the town was $40,402; and the median income for a family was $49,088. Males had a median income of $32,141 versus $24,927 for females. The

poverty line
, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 2.9% of the population.

There were 8,469 households, of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them; 44.7% were married couples living together; 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present; 3.3% had a male householder with no wife present; and 42.3% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.83.

The median age in the town was 41.4 years. 19.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 14.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.8% were from 25 to 44; 27.6% were from 45 to 64; and 18.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 47.1% male and 52.9% female.

Education

Brunswick High School

The Brunswick School Department operates the town's public schools, including:

  • Brunswick High School
  • Brunswick Junior High School
  • Kate Furbish Elementary School
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School
  • REAL School
  • Region 10 Technical High School

Other local educational institutions include:

The Growstown School, on Woodside Road, is the last remaining of the town's formerly twenty-six one-room schoolhouses.

Sites of interest

Curtis Memorial Library c. 1915
House where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bowdoin Class of 1825, roomed
Harriet Beecher Stowe House, where, between 1850 and 1852, Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

Infrastructure

Transportation

The town is served by Interstate 295, U.S. Routes 1 and 201, and Maine State Route 24, Maine State Route 123 and Maine State Route 196.

Maine Eastern Railroad train at the Amtrak station in Brunswick

Amtrak's Downeaster train service terminates at Brunswick Maine Street Station and connects the town to the Portland Transportation Center and Boston's North Station.

Greater Portland Metro provides several trips a day between the Portland Transportation Center and Brunswick Maine Street Station with its Metro Breez bus service. A local bus service is provided by Brunswick Link.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 20, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  3. ^ "Population, Census, April 1, 2020 Brunswick, ME". U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts.
  4. ^ Drake, The Border Wars of New England. p. 66
  5. ^ Drake, p. 67
  6. ^ Drake, p. 69
  7. ^ a b Coolidge, Austin J.; John B. Mansfield (1859). A History and Description of New England. Boston, Massachusetts: A.J. Coolidge. pp. 75–77. coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.
  8. ^ Varney, George J. (1886), Gazetteer of the state of Maine. Brunswick, Boston: Russell, archived from the original on February 1, 2013
  9. ^ "Historical Sketch of Brunswick, Maine (1889)". rays-place.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  10. ^ a b Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber of Commerce Archived November 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Pope, Sarah Dillard. "Aboard the Underground Railroad-- Harriet Beecher Stowe House--Maine". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  12. Weather.com. The Weather Channel. Archived
    from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  13. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  14. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  15. ^ "University of Virginia Library". mapserver.lib.virginia.edu. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  16. ^ "Representative Daniel Ankeles". legislature.maine.gov. Retrieved February 13, 2024.

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