Wilton, Maine Wilton, Maine Wilton is positioned in Maine Wilton - Wilton Wilton is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States.
The territory replaced an invalidated 1727 grant by Massachusetts to veterans for service in the French and Indian Wars. The first grant (now part of Manchester, New Hampshire) was originally dubbed Harrytown after a especially dangerous Native American, then retitled Tyngstown for Captain William Tyng, prestige of the expedition of "snowshoe men" that killed him in 1703. Abraham Butterfield, a settler from Wilton, New Hampshire, paid the cost of incorporation in 1803 to have the new town titled after his former residence. Wilton is known for being the locale of Maine's first cotton mill, started in 1810 by Solomon Adams. In 1876, George Henry Bass (1855 1925) established G.H.
Bass shoes (including those worn by Charles Lindbergh amid his Atlantic crossing and Admiral Byrd in his expeditions to Antarctica) were made exclusively in Wilton for more than a century until 1998.
Brooks Leavitt home in Wilton.
Stevens was the architect of many well-known Maine residences, including Winslow Homer's in Prouts Neck, Maine. An early Wall Street investment banker and rare book collector, Brooks Leavitt was an overseer and financial supporter of Bowdoin College and its library, and a relation of the Bass family. Esteemed Maine author Robert P.T.
Coffin dedicated his book Captain Abby and Captain John to lifelong friend Leavitt, "a fellow son of Maine," whom Coffin eulogized in his poem "Brooks Leavitt," read at Leavitt's 1948 funeral in Wilton.
Other historic buildings in Wilton include the Goodspeed Memorial Library and the Bass Boarding House, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 42.82 square miles (110.90 km2), of which, 41.26 square miles (106.86 km2) of it is territory and 1.56 square miles (4.04 km2) is water. Home to Wilson Lake (or Pond), Wilton is drained by Wilson Stream, a tributary of the Sandy River, in the Kennebec River watershed.
See also: Wilton (CDP), Maine As of the census of 2010, there were 4,116 citizens , 1,708 homeholds, and 1,152 families residing in the town.
There were 2,025 housing units at an average density of 49.1 per square mile (19.0/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town was 96.3% White, 0.6% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.1% from other competitions, and 1.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,708 homeholds of which 30.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 32.6% were non-families.
25.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town was 43.2 years.
23.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.4% were from 25 to 44; 30.9% were from 45 to 64; and 16.7% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,123 citizens , 1,667 homeholds, and 1,148 families residing in the town.
There were 1,882 housing units at an average density of 45.6 per square mile (17.6/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town was 97.45% White, 0.44% Black or African American, 0.39% Native American, 0.80% Asian, 0.10% from other competitions, and 0.82% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,667 homeholds out of which 31.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families.
24.9% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $34,563, and the median income for a family was $42,679.
About 5.6% of families and 10.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 10.2% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.
History of Farmington, Maine, from Its First Settlement to 1846, Thomas Parker, J.S.
Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums (1970).
Drawing of Leavitt Residence, Wilton, ca.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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