Carthage, Maine

Carthage, Maine
Town
Carthage Historical Society building
Carthage, Maine Location within the state of Maine
Coordinates: 44°36′57″N 70°26′12″W / 44.61583°N 70.43667°W / 44.61583; -70.43667
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	Franklin
Incorporated	1826
Area^[1]
• Total	33.46 sq mi (86.66 km²)
• Land	33.33 sq mi (86.32 km²)
• Water	0.13 sq mi (0.34 km²)
Elevation	719 ft (219 m)
Population (2010)^[2]
• Total	560
• Estimate (2012^[3])	558
• Density	16.8/sq mi (6.5/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	207
FIPS code	23-10915
GNIS feature ID	0582393

Carthage is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 560 at the 2010 census.

History

First known as Plantation No. 4, Abbott's Purchase, it was part of a large tract of land bought in 1815 by Jacob Abbott of Wilton, New Hampshire from Jonathan Phillips of Boston, who had purchased an even larger tract from the state of Massachusetts about 1790.^[4] Plantation No. 4 was noted for extensive forests of pine and valuable formations of limestone. In 1804, William Bowley and his family from Bristol, New Hampshire settled in Plantation No. 4, and with his brother Oliver and father Gideon, built the first sawmill at what was called Bowley's Mills on the Webb River at the foot of Webb Lake. They built a gristmill the following year.^[5]

The town was incorporated on February 20, 1826 and named after Carthage, the ancient Mediterranean city in what is today Tunisia in North Africa. In 1849, land was set off to form a new Plantation No. 4. By 1880, when the population was 507, Carthage had farms, two sawmills, a gristmill and a limestone quarry.^[6]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.46 square miles (86.66 km²), of which, 33.33 square miles (86.32 km²) of it is land and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km²) is water.^[1] Carthage is drained by the Webb River, which meanders south from Webb Lake to join the Androscoggin River. The town is situated in a valley between ranges of foothills and mountains.

The town is served by Maine State Route 142. It borders the towns of Weld to the north, Perkins Plantation, Plantation No. 4, Wilton and Temple to the east, and Mexico and Dixfield to the south in Oxford County.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1830	333		—
1840	522		56.8%
1850	420		−19.5%
1860	503		19.8%
1870	486		−3.4%
1880	507		4.3%
1890	390		−23.1%
1900	334		−14.4%
1910	292		−12.6%
1920	282		−3.4%
1930	247		−12.4%
1940	281		13.8%
1950	339		20.6%
1960	370		9.1%
1970	354		−4.3%
1980	438		23.7%
1990	458		4.6%
2000	520		13.5%
2010	560		7.7%
Est. 2014	553	^[7]	−1.2%
U.S. Decennial Census^[8]

2010 census

As of the census^[2] of 2010, there were 560 people, 223 households, and 144 families residing in the town. The population density was 16.8 inhabitants per square mile (6.5/km²). There were 346 housing units at an average density of 10.4 per square mile (4.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.1% White, 0.4% Asian, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.4% of the population.

There were 223 households of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.4% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.01.

The median age in the town was 44.2 years. 21.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.3% were from 25 to 44; 35.8% were from 45 to 64; and 12.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 53.6% male and 46.4% female.

2000 census

As of the census^[9] of 2000, there were 520 people, 198 households, and 144 families residing in the town. The population density was 15.7 people per square mile (6.1/km²). There were 291 housing units at an average density of 8.8 per square mile (3.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.31% White, 0.38% African American, 0.96% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.58% of the population.

There were 198 households out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 115.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $29,773, and the median income for a family was $32,917. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $16,964 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,169. About 8.2% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Site of interest

Carthage Historical Society & Museum

Notable people

Hiram Pitt Bennet, Congressional delegate from the Territory of Colorado and Colorado Secretary of State^[10]

References

1 2 "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
↑ E. J. Foster, Early Settlers of Weld, Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder
↑ Coolidge, Austin J.; John B. Mansfield (1859). A History and Description of New England. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 87.
↑ Varney, George J. (1886), Gazetteer of the state of Maine. Carthage, Boston: Russell
↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Bennet, Hiram Pitt, (1826 - 1914). Retrieved August 30, 2012.

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Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Maine, United States

County seat: Farmington

Towns	Avon Carrabassett Valley Carthage Chesterville Eustis Farmington Industry Jay Kingfield New Sharon New Vineyard Phillips Rangeley Strong Temple Weld Wilton

Plantations	Coplin Plantation Dallas Plantation Rangeley Plantation Sandy River Plantation

Unorganized territories	East Central Franklin North Franklin South Franklin West Central Franklin Wyman

CDPs	Chisholm Farmington Wilton

Other villages	Farmington Falls Madrid Mooselookmeguntic Oquossoc

Androscoggin River Watershed

Tributaries	Alder River Bear River Cathance River Chickwolnepy Stream Clear Stream Concord River Cupsuptic River Dead Cambridge River Dead Diamond River Dead River (ME) Dead River (NH) Dead River (Sabattus) East Branch Cupsuptic River East Branch Dead Diamond River East Branch Nezinscot River East Branch Pleasant River East Branch Swift River Ellis River First East Branch Magalloway River Kennebago River Little Androscoggin River Little Dead Diamond River Little East Branch Cupsuptic River Little Magalloway River Little River Magalloway River Middle Branch Dead Diamond River Middle Branch Little Magalloway River Mollidgewock Brook Moose Brook Moose River Muddy River Nezinscot River Peabody River Pleasant River Rangeley River Rapid River Rattle River Sabattus River Sanborn River Second East Branch Magalloway River South Branch Little Dead Diamond River South Branch Sunday River Sunday River Swift Cambridge River Swift Diamond River Swift River Third East Branch Magalloway River Webb River West Branch Dead Diamond River West Branch Ellis River West Branch Little Dead Diamond River West Branch Little Magalloway River West Branch Magalloway River West Branch Nezinscot River West Branch Peabody River West Branch Pleasant River West Branch Swift River Wild River

Lakes	Akers Pond Androscoggin Lake Lake Auburn Aziscohos Lake Echo Lake Greenough Pond Mooselookmeguntic Lake Parker Pond Pontook Reservoir Rangeley Lake Richardson Lakes Thompson Lake Success Pond Umbagog Lake Webb Lake

Towns	Albany Andover Auburn Berlin Bethel Bowdoin Brunswick Buckfield Byron Cambridge Canton Carthage Chesterville Dixfield Dummer Durham Errol Fayette Gilead Gorham Greene Greenwood Hanover Hartford Hebron Jay Leeds Lewiston Lisbon Livermore Livermore Falls Mechanic Falls Mexico Minot Monmouth Mount Vernon Newry Norway Otisfield Oxford Paris Peru Pittsburg Poland Randolph Rangeley Readfield Roxbury Rumford Sabattus Shelburne Stewartstown Sumner Topsham Turner Upton Vienna Wales Wayne Weld Wentworth's Location West Paris Woodstock

Landmarks	Brown Company Maine Central Railroad Old Speck Mountain Rumford Mill St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad White Mountains

Coordinates: 44°37′27″N 70°28′23″W / 44.62417°N 70.47306°W / 44.62417; -70.47306

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