Naples, Maine Naples, Maine Naples from the air, with the Songo River Queen II on Long Lake and the newly-constructed causeway connecting Brandy Pond Naples from the air, with the Songo River Queen II on Long Lake and the newly-constructed causeway connecting Brandy Pond Location in Cumberland County and the state of Maine.
Location in Cumberland County and the state of Maine.
Website Town of Naples, Maine Naples is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.
The populace was 3,872 at the 2010 census, and it is home to part of Sebago Lake State Park.
Named for Naples, Italy, the town was incorporated on March 4, 1834, from parts of Otisfield, Harrison, Raymond and Bridgton.
The Songo Lock, instead of two years before town incorporation, linked Long Lake and Brandy Pond with Sebago Lake, allowing passage of boats from Harrison to Portland through the Cumberland and Oxford Canal in Standish.
Goodridge of the Sebago Lake, Songo River & Bay of Naples Steamship Company assembled a hostelry on a knoll at the southern end of Long Lake.
Automobile tourists began arriving after designation of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway in 1919 (identified as United States Route 302 since 1935). The Bay of Naples Inn remained open through the 1951 season, but in 1964 was deemed unprofitable and razed. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 37.25 square miles (96.48 km2), of which, 31.82 square miles (82.41 km2) of it is territory and 5.43 square miles (14.06 km2) is water. Naples is drained by the Songo River.
There were 3,004 housing units at an average density of 94.4 per square mile (36.4/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town was 97.4% White, 0.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% from other competitions, and 1.4% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,579 homeholds of which 30.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 30.7% were non-families.
The median age in the town was 42.9 years.
22.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.4% were from 25 to 44; 33% were from 45 to 64; and 13.6% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 98.20% White, 0.15% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.21% from other competitions, and 0.82% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,297 homeholds out of which 32.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $38,141, and the median income for a family was $40,825.
About 6.9% of families and 7.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.
Richard Cebra, state legislator with the Maine Republican Party (2004-2012) (2016 - current) and state Republican Party chairman (2012-2013) Richard Thompson, state legislator with the Maine Democratic Party (1994-2000) Christine Powers, state legislator with the Maine Democratic Party (2012-2016) "Town of Naples, Maine".
Town of Naples, Maine.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Naples town, Cumberland County, Maine".
"Profile for Naples, Maine, ME".
"Naples, Maine".
Varney, "History of Naples, Maine" (1886) "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
Town of Naples official website Maine Genealogy: Naples, Cumberland County, Maine Municipalities and communities of Cumberland County, Maine, United States
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