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Kimball, Sumner Increase

(Encyclopedia) Kimball, Sumner Increase, 1834–1923, organizer of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, b. Lebanon, Maine. A lawyer, he became (1871) head of the revenue marine service of the Treasury Dept.,…

Biddeford

(Encyclopedia) Biddeford Biddeford bĭdˈĭfərd [key], city (2020 pop. 22,552), York co., SW Maine, on the Saco River…

Whitney, John Hay

(Encyclopedia) Whitney, John Hay, 1904–82, American public official and newspaper publisher, b. Ellsworth, Maine. After an active career in business and in various government posts, Whitney served (…

Paine, John Knowles

(Encyclopedia) Paine, John Knowles, 1839–1906, American composer, organist, and educator, b. Portland, Maine, studied in Berlin. In 1862 he began to teach music at Harvard and held (from 1875) the…

Freeport, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Freeport. 1 City (2020 pop. 23,973), seat of Stephenson co., NW Ill., on the Pecatonica River; inc. 1850. It is a trade and…

Munsey, Frank Andrew

(Encyclopedia) Munsey, Frank AndrewMunsey, Frank Andrewmŭnˈsē [key], 1854–1925, American publisher and author, b. Mercer, Maine. In 1882 he quit a telegraph operator's job in Maine to begin a career…

Cumberland County, Maine Social Statistics

Cumberland county maine dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school68,515100.0Nursery school,…

Cumberland County, Maine Economic Statistics

Cumberland county maine dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over210,662100.0In labor force145,26969.…

Cumberland County, Maine Housing Statistics

Cumberland county maine dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units122,600100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached77,30763.11-unit,…

Franklin County, Maine Social Statistics

Franklin county maine dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school8,413100.0Nursery school,…