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Kittery, Maine
Government Street
Government Street
Location of town of Kittery in state of Maine
Location of town of Kittery in state of Maine
Coordinates: 43°5′35″N 70°43′41″W / 43.09306, -70.72806
Country Flag of the United StatesUnited States
State Flag of MaineMaine
County York
Incorporated 1647
Government
 - Assessor Bruce Kerns
Area
 - Total 21. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean This is a list of the sixteen counties in the US state of Maine. York County is a County located in the US state of Maine. As of 2000 the population was 186742 Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 0 sq mi (54. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 4 km²)
 - Land 17. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 sq mi (46. 2 km²)
 - Water 3. 2 sq mi (8. 2 km²)
Elevation 23 ft (7 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 9,543
 - Density 535. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 5/sq mi (206. 8/km²)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 03904
Area code(s) 207
FIPS code 23-37270
GNIS feature ID 0582544
Website: http://www.kittery.org/

Kittery is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 207 is the State of Maine 's sole Area code, except for a tiny portion which uses the Quebec Area code 418. Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout York County is a County located in the US state of Maine. As of 2000 the population was 186742 The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The population was 9,543 at the 2000 census. The town declares itself to be the "Gateway to Maine. " Home to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Seavey's Island, Kittery includes the seaside district of Kittery Point and part of the Isles of Shoals. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy Shipyard located in Kittery on the southern Seavey's Island, on which the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard resides is located in the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine, opposite Portsmouth Kittery Point is a Census-designated place (CDP in the town of Kittery, York County, Maine, United States. The Isles of Shoals are a group of nine small islands situated approximately 16 km (10 miles off the east coast of the United States, straddling the border of the states

Kittery is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. Portland is the largest city in the US state of Maine and the County seat of Cumberland County. South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-largest city in the state Biddeford is a city in York County, Maine, United States. It is the largest city in the county and is the 6th largest in the State The Portland&ndashSouth Portland&ndashBiddeford Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in

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History

Fort McClary in c. 1910
Fort McClary in c. Fort McClary was a defensive fortification of the United States military located along the southern coast of Maine at Kittery Point, the seaside district 1910

Settled about 1623, Kittery was incorporated in 1647, and today bills itself as "the oldest incorporated town in Maine. " It was named after the birthplace of a founder, Alexander Shapleigh, from his manor of Kittery Court at Kingswear in Devon, England. Kingswear is a Village and Civil parish in the South Hams area of the English county of Devon. Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Shapleigh arrived in 1635 aboard the ship Benediction, which he co-owned with another prominent settler, Captain Francis Champernowne, a cousin of Sir Ferdinando Gorges. [1] Together with the Pepperrell family, they established fisheries offshore at the Isles of Shoals, where fish were caught, salted and exported back to Europe. For the fishing industry and the practice of fishing see Fishing. The Isles of Shoals are a group of nine small islands situated approximately 16 km (10 miles off the east coast of the United States, straddling the border of the states Other pioneers were hunters, trappers and workers of the region's abundant timber. Lumber or timber is Wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural Material for Construction, or The settlement at the mouth of the Piscataqua River was protected by Fort McClary. The Piscataqua River, in the northeastern United States, is a long tidal Estuary formed by the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Cochecho Fort McClary was a defensive fortification of the United States military located along the southern coast of Maine at Kittery Point, the seaside district

Kittery originally extended from the Atlantic Ocean inland up the Salmon Falls River, including the present-day towns of Eliot, South Berwick, Berwick and North Berwick. The Salmon Falls River is a tributary of the Piscataqua River in the U Eliot is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 5954 at the 2000 census South Berwick is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Berwick is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 6353 at the 2000 census This article is about the town in Maine USA For the town in Scotland see North Berwick. Located opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the town developed into a center for trade and shipbuilding. Portsmouth is a City in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in the United States. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Trade is the willing exchange of goods, services, or both Trade is also called Commerce. See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a After the death of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Lord Proprietor of Maine, the province in 1652 became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Sir Ferdinando Gorges (1565–1647 was an early English colonial entrepreneur in North America and founder of the Province of Maine in 1622 The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it was an English settlement on the east coast of North America In 1663, John Josselyn would write: "Towns there are, are not many in this province. John Josselyn (fl 1638 &ndash 1675) was a seventeenth-century English traveler to New England who wrote with credulity about what he saw and heard during Kittery, situated not far from Passacataway (Portsmouth), is the most populous. " During the Revolution, the first vessels of the U.S. Navy were constructed on Badger's Island, including the 1777 Ranger commanded by John Paul Jones. In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" John Paul Jones ( &ndash) was America's first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the nation's first federal navy yard, was established in 1800 on Fernald's Island. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy Shipyard located in Kittery on the southern Still in operation, it is connected to the mainland by two bridges. The facility rebuilt the Constitution, and built the Civil War sloop-of-war Kearsarge. Construction In August 1785 after the Revolutionary War drew to a close Congress sold, the last ship remaining in the Continental Navy. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South In the 18th and the earlier part of the 19th centuries a sloop-of-war was a small sailing Warship (also known as one of the Escort types with a single gun deck Hunting Confederate raiders She was built at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery Maine under the 1861 American Civil War emergency shipbuilding program Seavey's Island was annexed and became the site of the now defunct Portsmouth Naval Prison. Seavey's Island, on which the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard resides is located in the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine, opposite Portsmouth Portsmouth Naval Prison is a former US Navy and Marine Prison in Kittery, Maine on Seavey's Island, the Portsmouth

Kittery has some fine early architecture, including the Sir William Pepperrell House, built in 1733, and the Lady Pepperrell House, built in 1760. The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation The John Bray House, built in 1662, is believed to be the oldest surviving house in Maine. Located at the John Paul Jones State Historic Site on U.S. Route 1 is the Maine Sailors' and Soldiers' Memorial by Bashka Paeff. US Route 1 (US 1 is a major north-south US Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. Bashka Paeff (1894-1979 was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Further northeast up the road, the town has developed factory outlet shopping, very popular with tourists. Kittery Point is home to Seapoint Beach and Fort Foster Park, which was originally a harbor defense. In 1996, the movie Thinner, based on the 1984 Richard Bachman novel Thinner, was filmed in Kittery. Thinner is a 1996 horror Film directed by Tom Holland and written by Stephen King ( novel) Michael McDowell Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Thinner is a 1984 novel by Stephen King, published under his pseudonym Richard Bachman.

Pepperrell House, c. 1905

Government St. , c. 1910

Navy Yard Station, c. 1912

Navy Yard Bridge, c. 1908

Notable residents

Whaleback Light in c. 1920
Whaleback Light in c. 1920

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 21. John Haley Bellamy (1836-1914 was a noted New England Folk artist known for his highly stylized carved wooden Eagles and other decorative items for ships George Berry (1706-1776 was a Captain in the French and Indian War. Dennis Blair (born 1947 is the John M Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies at The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR and the General of the Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven ( 11 January, 1813 &ndash 5 August, 1864) was an officer in the United States Navy. William Dean Howells ( March 1 1837 – May 11 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic Sandra "Sandi" Jackson (Née Stevens formerly Sandra Lee Stevens) born on September 14, 1963 at Kittery Maine, was elected Captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744&ndash1818 was in command of Unity when she captured HMS ''Margaretta'' in the first naval battle of the American Revolutionary John Gerald O'Hurley (born October 9, 1954) is an American Actor and popular television personality who is perhaps best known for his recurring Sir William Pepperrell 1st Baronet ( June 27, 1696 &ndash July 6, 1759) was a merchant and soldier in Colonial Massachusetts. Randy Price is a television newscaster with WHDH-TV in Boston Massachusetts, lead anchor since 1998 Arthur John Shawcross (born June 6 1945) is an American Serial killer, also known as The Genesee River Killer in Rochester Celia Laighton Thaxter ( June 29 1835, Portsmouth New Hampshire – August 25 1894) was an American writer of poetry John Treworgie (born ca 1618 was the last Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland. William Whipple Jr ( 14 Jan 1730 - 28 Nov 1785) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a This article is about declarations of independence in general The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 0 square miles (54. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 4 km²), of which, 17. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 square miles (46. 2 km²) of it is land and 3. 2 square miles (8. 2 km²) of it (15. 14%) is water. Situated beside the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean, Kittery is drained by Spruce Creek, Chauncey Creek and the Piscataqua River. The Gulf of Maine is a large gulf of the Atlantic Ocean on the northeastern coast of North America. The Piscataqua River, in the northeastern United States, is a long tidal Estuary formed by the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Cochecho

Demographics

See also: Kittery (CDP), Maine
Badger House on Badger's Island in 1912, the home of William Badger (1752-1830), master shipbuilder
Badger House on Badger's Island in 1912, the home of William Badger (1752-1830), master shipbuilder

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 9,543 people, 4,078 households, and 2,528 families residing in the town. Kittery is a Census-designated place (CDP in the town of Kittery in York County, Maine, United States. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 535. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 5 people per square mile (206. 8/km²). There were 4,375 housing units at an average density of 245. 5/sq mi (94. 8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 95. 98% White, 1. 78% Black or African American, 0. 18% Native American, 0. 65% Asian, 0. 02% Pacific Islander, 0. 45% from other races, and 0. 94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 50% of the population.

There were 4,078 households out of which 27. 7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50. 1% were married couples living together, 8. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38. 0% were non-families. 29. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 29 and the average family size was 2. 86.

Fraternal Building in c. 1920
Fraternal Building in c. 1920

In the town the population was spread out with 21. 9% under the age of 18, 7. 4% from 18 to 24, 30. 7% from 25 to 44, 24. 8% from 45 to 64, and 15. 2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94. 8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92. 1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $52,200, and the median income for a family was $53,343. Males had a median income of $37,096 versus $29,850 for females. The per capita income for the town was $24,153. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 5. 7% of families and 7. 6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 9% of those under age 18 and 6. 6% of those age 65 or over.

Sites of interest

External links

References

  1. ^ Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his Province of Maine, James Phinney Baxter, The Prince Society, Boston, 1890
  2. ^ American FactFinder. Fort McClary was a defensive fortification of the United States military located along the southern coast of Maine at Kittery Point, the seaside district United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes

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