Editing Cyr Plantation, Maine

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Cyr Plantation, Maine
| settlement_type    = [[Plantation (Maine)|Plantation]]
| image_skyline      = VanBurenME BrannSchoolhouse.jpg
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| image_caption      = The [[Governor Brann School]], one of the plantation's former rural schoolhouses
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| image_map          = Aroostook County Maine incorporated and unincorporated areas Cyr Plantation highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Cyr Plantation, Maine
| coordinates        = {{coord|47|06|N|68|00|W|region:US-ME|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Maine|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Maine]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Aroostook County, Maine|Aroostook]]
| established_title  = Organized
| established_date   = 1870
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
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| area_total_km2     = 99.3
| area_total_sq_mi   = 38.3
| area_land_km2      = 99.3
| area_land_sq_mi    = 38.3
| area_water_km2     = 0
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0
| elevation_footnotes = 
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| population_total   = 78
| population_as_of   = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]]
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| postal_code_type   = [[Zip code]]
| postal_code        = 04785
| area_code          = [[Area code 207|207]]
| website            = {{URL|https://cyrplantationmaine.org/}}
| footnotes          = 
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 23-15990
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0582430<ref>{{cite gnis |id=582430 |name=Plantation of Cyr |entrydate=1 September 1995 |accessdate=2010-03-10 }}</ref>
| native_name        = Plantation Cyr
}}
'''Cyr Plantation''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Plantation Cyr)'' is a [[Plantation (Maine)|plantation]] in [[Aroostook County, Maine|Aroostook County]], [[Maine]], United States. The population was 78 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2300315990| title=Census - Geography Profile: Cyr plantation, Aroostook County, Maine| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=January 9, 2022}}</ref>

==History==
Early settlers moved to what would become Cyr Plantation in the mid-1800s, then known as Township Letter L. Around that time, a road was built between the [[Aroostook River]] and [[Grand Falls, New Brunswick]], Canada (which today stretches between [[Caribou, Maine]], and [[Hamlin, Maine]]). Many early inhabitants obtained grants to lots near the road and Hammond Brook to farm the land. The plantation was formally organized on March 12, 1870, and named after the many Cyrs in the area, including Andre Cyr and his father Christoper, the first Cyrs in Cyr Plantation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.acadian.org/cyrplant.html|title=Acadian Genealogy Homepage; CYR Plantation in van Buren, Maine!}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the plantation has a total area of {{convert|99.3|km2}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2300315990| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212142156/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2300315990| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cyr plantation, Aroostook County, Maine| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref>

==Demographics==
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! Languages (2000) <ref>{{cite web |title=Cyr (Plantation of), Maine |url=https://apps.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=23&place_id=15990&cty_id=3 |website=MLA Language Map Data Center |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |accessdate=June 29, 2020}}</ref> !! Percent
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| Spoke [[French language|French]] at home || 58.33%
|-
| Spoke [[English language|English]] at home || 41.67%
|}
{{US Census population
|1870= 376
|1880= 558
|1890= 429
|1900= 502
|1910= 531
|1920= 479
|1930= 521
|1940= 433
|1950= 256
|1960= 233
|1970= 155
|1980= 147
|1990= 142
|2000= 117
|2010= 103
|2020= 78
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |accessdate=June 4, 2015 }}</ref>
}}
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], there were 117 people in 42 households, including 33 families, on the plantation. The population density was 3.0 people per square mile (1.2/km{{sup|2}}). There were 51 housing units at an average density of 1.3 per square mile (0.5/km{{sup|2}}).  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the plantation was 94.02% white, and 5.98% from two or more races.<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 the 42 households, 45.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.4% were married couples living together, 2.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 16.7% of households were one person, and 9.5% were one person 65 or older. The average household size was 2.79, and the average family size was 3.15.

The age distribution was 30.8% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.7 males.

The median household income was $32,500 and the median family income was $31,429. Males had a median income of $23,333 versus $21,563 for females. The per capita income for the plantation was $10,836. There were 12.5% of families and 9.9% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 5.0% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==References==
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== External links ==

* [https://cyrplantationmaine.org/ Cyr Plantation website]
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[[Category:Plantations in Aroostook County, Maine]]
[[Category:Plantations in Maine]]