Boothbay Harbor, Maine Location in Lincoln County and the state of Maine.
Boothbay Harbor is a town in the county of Lincoln, state of Maine, in the United States.
During summer months, the entire Boothbay Harbor region is a prominent yachting and tourist destination.
Boothbay Harbor ~1910 Renamed Boothbay in 1842, the harbor continued to precarious as a fishing center.
On February 16, 1889, the improve was set off from Boothbay and incorporated as the town of Boothbay Harbor. Frank L.
Sample shipyard at Boothbay Harbor assembled minesweepers for the United States Navy amid World War II and into the 1950s. Some locale filming for the 1956 movie version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, prominently the "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" sequence, was done there.
Each summer, Boothbay Harbor draws crowds of tourists.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 9.22 square miles (23.88 km2), of which, 5.70 square miles (14.76 km2) of it is territory and 3.52 square miles (9.12 km2) is water. Boothbay Harbor is positioned on a peninsula in the Gulf of Maine, part of the Atlantic Ocean.
It borders the suburbs of Southport to the southwest, and Boothbay to the north and east.
Climate data for Boothbay Harbor (Newcastle Weather Station) Boothbay Harbor See also: Boothbay Harbor (CDP), Maine As of the census of 2010, there were 2,165 citizens , 1,084 homeholds, and 550 families residing in the town.
There were 2,175 housing units at an average density of 381.6 per square mile (147.3/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town was 97.1% White, 0.6% African American or Black, 0.3% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.1% from other competitions, and 1.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,084 homeholds of which 14.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.9% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 49.3% were non-families.
41.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 22.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 1.90 and the average family size was 2.52.
The median age in the town was 55.8 years.
11.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 5.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.6% were from 25 to 44; 33.3% were from 45 to 64; and 33.2% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,334 citizens , 1,097 homeholds, and 627 families residing in the town.
The populace density was 404.3 citizens per square mile (156.2/km ).
There were 1,993 housing units at an average density of 345.2 per square mile (133.4/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town was 97.9% White, 0.2% Black or African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.73% Asian, 0.34% from other competitions, and 0.56% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,097 homeholds out of which 21.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 42.8% were non-families.
36.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.67.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 17.4% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 26.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $35,000, and the median income for a family was $45,000.
About 5.9% of families and 10.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 16.7% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.
The small-town journal for the Boothbay/Boothbay Harbor region is the Boothbay Register.
The Lincoln County News also circulates in Boothbay Harbor.
The Romance Novel, "Love's Second Spring" (ISBN 9781 - 6821 - 36805), by Gregory Roberts, takes place in Boothbay Harbor.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1623 1905.
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