Kittery Point, Maine

Coordinates: 43°5′7″N 70°42′6″W / 43.08528°N 70.70167°W / 43.08528; -70.70167
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Kittery Point, Maine
FIPS code
23-37375
GNIS feature ID0569232
Freshwater marsh

Kittery Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Kittery, York County, Maine, United States. First settled in 1623, Kittery Point traces its history to the first seafarers who colonized the shore of what became Massachusetts Bay Colony and later the State of Maine. Located beside the Atlantic Ocean, it is home to Fort McClary State Historic Site, and Fort Foster Park on Gerrish Island. Cutts Island is home to Seapoint Beach and the Brave Boat Harbor Division of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

Kittery Point is part of the

2010 census.[2]

History

Settled as early as 1623, the southern part of Kittery was once called Champernowne's after Sir Francis Champernowne, a prominent merchant adventurer and cousin of Sir

timber, which was shipped to England or the West Indies. The town of Kittery
was incorporated in 1652 when Maine became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

The Pepperrells were a distinguished Kittery Point family who established

Sir William Pepperrell inherited and expanded. Sir William became the first baronet in New England for commanding a militia which defeated the French in 1745 at the Siege of Louisbourg. His gambrel mansion of 1733 remains a landmark at Pepperrell Cove on the Piscataqua River. In 1760, his widow built the Lady Pepperrell House, a noted Georgian building formerly owned by Historic New England.[4]

Pepperrell himself built an elaborate wooden house called the Sparhawk Mansion at Kittery Point as a gift to his daughter on her marriage to Nathaniel Sparhawk in 1750.

restored. Some speculate that the Bray House was the birthplace of the mother of Sir William Pepperrell, whose father William Pepperrell Sr. married John Bray's daughter Margery, but it is more likely that she was born in England.[7]

On land once owned by Sir William Pepperrell is a Portsmouth Harbor defense called

Whaleback Lighthouse and the Isles of Shoals, part of which belongs to Kittery. Near Seapoint Beach in the mid-20th century, the Newcomen Society built a cluster of Tudor
cottages at what was then its summer retreat.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2), of which 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2) is land and 1.7 square kilometres (0.66 sq mi) (25.83%) is water.[2] Kittery Point is bounded by Spruce Creek, the Piscataqua River, the Atlantic Ocean and Brave Boat Harbor.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20201,009—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

As of the

Latino
of any race were 0.53% of the population.

There were 538 households, out of which 19.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.4% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.64.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 16.3% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $47,500, and the median income for a family was $53,839. Males had a median income of $40,417 versus $29,808 for females. The

poverty line
, including 13.0% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

Arts and culture

Sites of interest

Notable people

Gallery

  • Hotel Parkfield c. 1912
    Hotel Parkfield c. 1912
  • First Congregational Church, built in 1730, as it appeared c. 1912
    First Congregational Church, built in 1730, as it appeared c. 1912
  • Hotel Champernowne in 1911
    Hotel Champernowne in 1911
  • Sparhawk House, c. 1900, later demolished
    Sparhawk House, c. 1900, later demolished
  • The Lady Pepperrell House c. 1910, now a private home
    The Lady Pepperrell House c. 1910, now a private home
  • John Bray House c. 1920
    John Bray House c. 1920

In popular culture

KEWLopolis block on CBS
from November 3, 2007 to September 12, 2009. Dino Squad is set in Kittery Point, Maine.

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Kittery Point CDP, Maine". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  3. ^ Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his Province of Maine, James Phinney Baxter, The Prince Society, Boston, 1890
  4. ^ The Life of Sir William Pepperrell, Bart.: The Only Native of New England Who Was Created a Baronet During Our Connection with the Mother Country, Usher Parsons, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1856
  5. ^ Will of Sir William Pepperrell, Collections of the Maine Historical Society, Portland, 1898
  6. ^ Sparhawk Mansion on Death Row, seacoastnh.com
  7. ^ Old Kittery and Her Families, Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, Lewiston, Maine, 1903
  8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  9. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

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