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Eastport is a city in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,640 at the 2000 census. The town is situated upon Moose Island and is the easternmost city (although nearby Lubec, Maine is the easternmost municipality) in the continental United States. Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. ...
Official language(s) None (English de facto; French is also an administrative language) Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area Ranked 39th - Total 33,414 sq mi (86,542 km²) - Width 210 miles (338 km) - Length 320 miles (515 km) - % water 13. ...
Moose Island is an island in Maine located at the entrance to Cobscook Bay from Passamaquoddy Bay in the Bay of Fundy. ...
Lubec is a town located in Washington County, Maine. ...
Eastport faces Deer Island to the northeast and Campobello Island to the southeast - both islands are in Canada. There is also an international ferry crossing to Deer Island during the summer months. Old Sow, the largest whirlpool in the western hemisphere, sits on the International Boundary between Eastport and Deer Island. In 2001, Eastport was the setting of the reality TV show Murder in Small Town X, where it was referred to as "Sunrise." Deer Island is a Canadian island located in the Bay of Fundy at the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. ...
Campobello Island is a Canadian island located in the Bay of Fundy near the entrances to Passamaquoddy Bay and Cobscook Bay. ...
The Old Sow is the name of the largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere located off the southwestern shore of Deer Island, New Brunswick between the island and Eastport, Maine. ...
Saltstraumen whirlpool A whirlpool in a glass of water A whirlpool is a large, swirling body of water produced by ocean tides. ...
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Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ...
Murder in Small Town X was an American reality television series that aired on FOX from July through September 2001. ...
Geography
Eastport is located at 44°54′49″N, 67°0′14″W (44.913741, -67.003914)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.2 km² (12.1 mi²). 9.5 km² (3.7 mi²) of it is land and 21.8 km² (8.4 mi²) of it (69.65%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ...
A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...
History There is no record of the first European settler, but it is known that ships were encountering one another in the harbor in the 1600s. Eastport was incorporated as a town in 1748. From 1807 to 1809 the town was a center of extensive two way smuggling during a trade embargo the U.S. imposed upon itself. Lubec, on the mainland, split off to be a separate town in 1811. The city was captured by a British fleet under the command of Sir Thomas Hardy on July 11, 1814 as part of the War of 1812, and returned to the United States control in 1818. The boundary between the U.S. and Canada in the area was still disputed at the time, and finally settled by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842. In 1893 Eastport reincorporated as a city.[1] Lubec is a town located in Washington County, Maine. ...
This article is about the naval officer. ...
Combatants United States Native Americans Great Britain, Canadian provincial forces First Nations Peoples Commanders James Madison Henry Dearborn George Prevost Isaac Brock†Tecumseh†Strength •U.S. Regular Army: 35,800 •Rangers: 3,049 •Militia: 458,463* •US Navy & US Marines: (at start of war): •Frigates:6 •Other vessels: 14 •Indigenous...
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, settled the dispute over the location of the Maine-New Brunswick border between the United States and Great Britain and the shared use of the Great Lakes. ...
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 1,640 people, 750 households, and 444 families residing in the city. The population density was 173.0/km² (447.7/mi²). There were 1,061 housing units at an average density of 111.9/km² (289.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.60% White, 0.37% African American, 3.96% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.24% from other races, and 1.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.85% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There were 750 households out of which 22.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.7% were non-families. 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.69. Matrimony redirects here. ...
In the city the population was spread out with 18.7% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $23,488, and the median income for a family was $31,328. Males had a median income of $22,875 versus $17,917 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,864. About 11.2% of families and 17.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.7% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
Eastport's 4th of July is a destination for thousands of celebrants. Navy ships have docked thier during the 4th of July celebration for years.
External links Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
References - ^ Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums (1970). in Doris A. Isaacson: Maine: A Guide 'Down East'. Rockland, Me: Courier-Gazette, Inc., 335-337.
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