Editing Chisholm, Maine

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'''Chisholm''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the [[New England town|town]] of [[Jay, Maine|Jay]] in [[Franklin County, Maine|Franklin County]], [[Maine]], United States. The population was 1,380 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2312770| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Chisholm CDP, Maine| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| accessdate=May 26, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213045801/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2312770| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> It is an industrial village named for [[Hugh J. Chisholm]], who built the Otis Falls Pulp & Paper Company here in 1888 to use [[Androscoggin River]] [[water power]].

==Geography==
[[File:View of Paper Mills, Chisholm, ME.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Chisholm is located along the southern edge of the town of Jay at {{coord|44|29|12|N|70|11|42|W|type:city}} (44.486532, -70.195040).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the south by the town of [[Livermore Falls, Maine|Livermore Falls]] in [[Androscoggin County, Maine|Androscoggin]] and is contiguous with that town's [[Livermore Falls (CDP), Maine|urban core]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Chisholm CDP has a total area of {{convert|5.66|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/> It is located on the east side of the [[Androscoggin River]].

==Demographics==
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|2020= 1343
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,399 people, 633 households, and 405 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|641.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 688 housing units at an average density of {{convert|315.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.36% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.36% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.36% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.36% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.36% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.00% of the population.

There were 633 households, out of which 24.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.69.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 20.8% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,500, and the median income for a family was $39,148. Males had a median income of $40,161 versus $23,438 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $19,251. About 7.2% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.4% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.jay-maine.org/ Town of Jay, Maine]

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Maine]]
[[Category:Company towns in Maine]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Franklin County, Maine]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1888]]
[[Category:Jay, Maine]]