Millinocket, Maine
Penobscot County
23-45810
Millinocket is a town in the northern part of Penobscot County in the U.S. state of Maine in the United States of America.
- 3.1 Museums
- 3.2 Sport
- 4.1 traffic
- 4.2 Media
- 4.3 Public bodies
- 4.4 Education
Geography
Geographical Location
Millinocket is located near a lake district on the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains at about 120 to 125 m altitude. The town is crossed by Millinocket Stream and framed by Pemadumcook Lake in the west and Dolby Pond in the east. The area is drained by the western arm of the Penobscot River.
About 40 km north-west rises the highest mountain in Maine, Mount Katahdin, in the midst of Baxter State Park. Also, about 40 miles away, but located to the west, the largest lake in Maine, the Moosehead Lake extends.
Neighboring communities
The nearest major town is Old Town, about 45 km north. Nearer and connected by a common economic development project located East Millinocket ( about 10 km) and Medway ( about 15 km) east at or on the way to Interstate 95 The next significant development in the West is the Norcross about 7 kilometers away.
History
Millinocket was founded on March 16, 1901 on the site of a farm that has been operated since 1830 by the settlers Thomas Fowler, his wife and their eight children. At the farm bordered on a settlement of the Abenaki Indians, from whom the name of the city originates: Millinocket in their language means "many islands in the river ." The reason for the city's founding was the construction of a dam and two paper mills in the Great Northern Paper Company, which had been built on the site from 1899. , Where employees needed a settlement in the sparsely populated forest landscape.
As a local center of the paper industry went from Millinocket from a long-range deforestation of the surrounding territory, from the territory gradually recovering since the end of radical logging and the beginning of reforestation in the 1960s. The reason for this approach were not as environmental reasons, but the increasing tourism, the Millinocket as a central supply location for the nearby Baxter State Park with the highest mountain river Main, Mount Katahdin, and the number of lakes with the largest lake in Maine, the Moosehead Lake.
The decline of the paper industry and the reduced deforestation led in 2003 to the bankruptcy of the Great Northern Paper Company and therefore the dismissal of the then 600 employees from the paper mills. Since then, the city has its range changed quickly and successfully on tourism and related services. Millinocket has currently (2006) of no significant unemployment.
Culture and sights
Museums
In addition to the Millinocket Town Museum, depicting the city's history, opens at weekends in the winter season, the Millinocket Antique Snowmobile Museum, in which the development of the snowmobile is based on 21 old specimens, and a number of old photos displayed. It is the only museum of its kind in the U.S..
Sports
Located in the urban area is the area of the Gulf Hilcrest Golf Club.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Millinocket is located on Interstate 95, which leads some 15 km east past, well connected to the outside world. The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, which runs through the city, is a pure cargo service. Also on the " Millinocket Municipal Airport ," which is located on the southern edge of town, only operate cargo planes.
Media
In Millinocket two weeks leaves appear: since 2002 the group of " Maine Free Press, LLC" belonging " Magic City Morning Star " and the " Kathadin Press," which was created by the merger of the leaves " Katahdin Times " and " Community Press" 2005.
Public institutions
- The public hospital of interest Millinocket Regional Hospital
- The city library: Millinocket Memorial Library
- The public business promotion center: Millinocket Area Growth and Investment Council
Education
The city operates three schools, which cover the normal school education up to 12th grade; further studies need to be operated abroad. For 2004, the school board 256 elementary school students (up to grade 5 ), 195 middle school students - ( 9th to 12th grade ) reported ( 6 8th grade ) and 278 university students.