Bath, Maine Bath, Maine Bath City Hall Bath City Hall Official seal of Bath, Maine Location of Bath in Maine Location of Bath in Maine Bath, Maine is positioned in the US Bath, Maine - Bath, Maine State Maine Bath is a town/city in Sagadahoc County, Maine, in the United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Sagadahoc County, Which includes one town/city and 10 towns. The town/city is prominent with tourists, many drawn by its 19th-century architecture.
It is home to the Bath Iron Works and Heritage Days Festival, held annually on the Fourth of July weekend.
Bath is part of the urbane statistical region of Greater Portland.
Most of Bath, Maine, was settled by travelers from Bath, England. The next settlement at Sagadahoc was about 1660, when the territory was taken from an Indian sagamore known as Robinhood. Incorporated as part of Georgetown in 1753, Bath was set off and incorporated as a town on February 17, 1781.
It was titled by the postmaster, Dummer Sewell, after Bath in Somerset, England.
In 1844, a portion of the town was set off to problematic West Bath.
On June 14, 1847, Bath was incorporated as a city, and in 1854 designated county seat.
Land was took in from West Bath in 1855. Several industries advanced in the city, including lumber, iron and brass, with trade in ice and coal.
But Bath is famous for ship assembly, which began here in 1743 when Jonathan Philbrook and his sons assembled 2 vessels.
Bath became the nation's fifth biggest seaport by the mid-19th century, producing clipper ships that sailed to ports around the world. The last commercial enterprise to build wooden ships in the town/city was the Percy & Small Shipyard, which was acquired for preservation in 1971 by the Maine Maritime Museum.
But the most famous shipyard is the Bath Iron Works, established in 1884 by Thomas W.
Navy. During World War II, Bath Iron Works launched a new ship an average of every 17 days.
Bath is sister town/city to Shariki (now Tsugaru) in Japan, where the locally-built full rigged ship Cheseborough was wrecked in 1889.
Bath is positioned at 43 54 59 N 69 49 21 W (43.916293, -69.822565). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.22 square miles (34.24 km2), of which, 9.10 square miles (23.57 km2) is territory and 4.12 square miles (10.67 km2) is water. The town/city of Bath includes a several nature preserves that are protected by the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust.
These areas include, Thorne Head Preserve (located 2.1 miles north of Bath,) Butler Head Preserve (location 5.2 miles north of Bath,) there are also various multiple parks, and walking trails positioned throughout the town such as the Whiskeag Trail.
As of the census of 2010, there were 8,514 citizens , 3,932 homeholds, and 2,172 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.1% White, 1.2% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.4% from other competitions, and 2.3% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,932 homeholds of which 27.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were married couples living together, 13.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 44.8% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 41 years.
22.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 28.5% were from 45 to 64; and 16.5% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,266 citizens , 4,042 homeholds, and 2,344 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.92% White, 1.60% Black or African American, 0.58% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 0.68% from other competitions, and 1.62% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,042 homeholds out of which 29.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.8% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 42.0% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median homehold income in the town/city was $36,372, and the median family income was $45,830.
About 9.3% of families and 11.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.
Bath Middle School serves 430 students in grades 6-8 as of 2006.
The school's mascot is the Destroyers, a type of ship assembled by the Bath Iron Works.
In 2020 a new school will be fully constructed. Morse High School (previously Bath High School), which was established in 1891, is believed to be the earliest active High School Alumni Association in the United States.
Southern Maine Community College at Bath Main article: List of citizens from Bath, Maine Climate data for Bath, Maine Panoramic view of Sagadahoc Bridge, Bath, Maine, USA 2012 Panoramic view of Sagadahoc Bridge with the old bridge behind it, Bath, Maine, USA 2012 Studio Theatre of Bath Bath Skate Park Bath Municipal Band United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Historical Sketch of Bath Maine".
"Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Maine Enumeration Data Population Totals: Sagadahoc County".
"Average Weather for Bath, ME - Temperature and Precipitation".
"US-Japan Sister Cities by State".
History of Bath and Environs, Sagadahoc County, Maine, 1607-1894.
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