Editing Eastport, Maine

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'''Eastport''' is a [[city]] and [[archipelago]] in [[Washington County, Maine]], United States. The population was 1,288 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], making Eastport the least-populous city in Maine.<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2321730 |title=Census - Geography Profile: Eastport city, Maine |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 8, 2022}}</ref> The principal island is [[Moose Island, Maine|Moose Island]], which is connected to the mainland by a [[causeway]]. Eastport is the easternmost city in the continental United States (although the nearby town of [[Lubec, Maine|Lubec]] is the easternmost [[municipality]]).

==History==

[[File:TotallyFreeImages com-259986-Standard-preview.jpg|thumb|Group of workers at Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4 ~ 1911]]
[[File:TotallyFreeImages com-259991-Standard-preview.jpg|thumb|"Group of cutters, all of them working, factory #2. One of them, not the youngest, is Harold Whalen, 14 Tappen Ave. Makes $1.00 a day. Location: Eastport, Maine.  Date Created/Published: 1911 August.  Part of: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)"]]
The native [[Passamaquoddy people|Passamaquoddy Tribe]] has called this area home for at least 10,000 years.  Some archeologists estimate the habitation at 20,000 years.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.eastport.net/eastport.php| publisher=Eastport Chamber of Commerce| year=2009| title=Eastport History| access-date=February 6, 2010| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228030150/http://www.eastport.net/eastport.php| archive-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref> The first known European contact was the St. Croix colony founded by the French explorer [[Samuel de Champlain]] in 1604.  Near present-day Calais, the unsuccessful Saint Croix Island [[Acadia]] settlement predates the first successful English settlement at [[Jamestown, Virginia]], by three years. On June 25, 1604, Champlain and his men spent a long and severe winter on St. Croix Island with no fresh water and diminished supplies. Two-fifths of the men died of [[scurvy]], and the colony moved across the [[Bay of Fundy]] to [[Port-Royal (Acadia)|Port Royal]] in present-day [[Nova Scotia]].<ref>''Chronicles of America''. (2009). Explorations in Acadia, 1603-1607. Retrieved on February 6, 2010 from http://www.chroniclesofamerica.com/french/explorations_in_acadia_1603-1607.htm</ref>

[[Fishermen]] and traders visited the area in the 17th century. Moose Island was first settled in 1772 by James Cochrane of [[Newburyport, Massachusetts]], who would be joined by other fishermen from Newburyport and [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]]. On February 24, 1798, Eastport was incorporated as a town from Plantation Number 8 PS by the [[Massachusetts General Court]], and named for being the easternmost port in the United States. Lubec, on the mainland, was set off and incorporated as a town on June 21, 1811.<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book  | last = Coolidge  | first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield  | title = A History and Description of New England| publisher = A.J. Coolidge  | year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n146 112]–114| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.  }}</ref>

From 1807 to 1809, the town was a center of extensive two-way [[smuggling]] during the [[Embargo Act of 1807|Embargo Act]] imposed by President [[Thomas Jefferson]]. In 1809, [[Fort Sullivan (Maine)|Fort Sullivan]] was erected atop a village hill, but it was captured by a [[United Kingdom|British]] fleet under command of [[Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet|Sir Thomas Hardy]] on July 11, 1814, during the [[War of 1812]] as part of the initiative to establish the colony of [[New Ireland (Maine)|New Ireland]]. England claimed that Moose Island was on the British side of the international border which had been determined in 1783. Nevertheless, the town was returned to the control of the United States in 1818. The boundary between the U.S. and [[Canada]] in the area remained disputed until settled by the [[Webster–Ashburton Treaty]] of 1842.<ref name="MAGDE">{{cite book |last= Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums |editor=Doris A. Isaacson |title=Maine: A Guide 'Downeast' |year=1970 |publisher=Courier-Gazette, Inc. |location=Rockland, Me | pages = 335–337 }}</ref> Eastport is the location most recently occupied by a foreign country in the contiguous United States.{{r|clui}}

In 1833, Eastport was the second largest trading port in the country after New York City.{{r|clui}} Farms produced [[hay]] and [[potato]]es. Industries included a [[grain]] mill, box factory and [[carding]] mill. But the island's economy was primarily directed at the sea. With [[tide]]s of about {{convert|25|ft}}, Eastport's spacious harbor remained ice-free year round. The first [[sardine]] factory was built here about 1875. The population grew with the emergence of the sardine [[fishery]] and related [[canning]] businesses, which studded the shoreline by the end of the 19th century. By 1886, the town contained 13 sardine factories, which operated day and night during the season, and produced approximately 5,000 cases per week. About 800 men, women and children worked in the plants.<ref>{{Citation
  | last = Varney
  | first = George J.
  | title = Gazetteer of the state of Maine. Eastport
  | place = Boston
  | publisher = Russell
  | year = 1886
  | url = http://history.rays-place.com/me/eastport-me.htm }}
</ref> Eastport would be incorporated as a city on March 3, 1893.{{r|MAGDE}} But the fishing industry would decline, and many people moved away. Indeed, the city went [[bankrupt]] in 1937. In 1976, the [[Groundhog Day gale of 1976|Groundhog Day Gale]] destroyed many structures along the waterfront. Today, catching fish remains the principal industry, although tourism has become important as well.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006S4OVM John "Terry" Holt, ''The Island City: The History of Eastport, Moose Island, Maine, from its Founding to Present Times'', 1999]</ref>

Eastport is a [[port of entry]]. An international [[ferry]] crosses to [[Deer Island (New Brunswick)|Deer Island]], [[New Brunswick]], during the summer months. Each [[Independence Day (United States)|4th of July]], the city becomes a destination for thousands of celebrants. Navy ships have docked there during the 4th of July celebration for many years. Eastport celebrated its bicentennial in 1998. Each September, the city hosts the annual Maine Salmon Festival in the historic downtown district. There is also a Pirate Festival the weekend after Labor Day, 2023 marks the 19th year of the festival.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.maine.info/events/festivals/september.php |title=Info Maine, ''Maine Events - September Festivals'', 2011 |access-date=2011-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202094308/http://www.maine.info/events/festivals/september.php |archive-date=2015-02-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed">
File:Eastport & Passamaquoddy Bay.jpg|''Eastport and Passamaquoddy Bay'', 1839, by [[William Henry Bartlett]]
File:Washington Street, Eastport, ME.jpg|Washington Street {{circa|1905}}
File:Water Street, Eastport, ME.jpg|Water Street in 1906
File:Elm Street, Eastport, ME.jpg|Elm Street in 1909
File:Along the Wharves, Eastport, ME.jpg|View of the waterfront in 1908
File:Union Dock, Eastport, ME.jpg|Union Dock in 1910
File:Frontier National Bank & Bandstand, Eastport, ME.jpg|Frontier National Bank {{circa|1915}}, once the Eastport Police Station, now vacant.
File:MAIN STREET OF EASTPORT AT MIDDAY - NARA - 550319.jpg|Water Street in 1973
File:EASTPORT, LOOKING WEST TOWARD DEEP COVE AREA, WHERE PITTSTOWN OIL COMPANY SEEKS PERMISSION TO BUILD A REFINERY - NARA - 550363.jpg|Aerial photo from 1973
</gallery>

==Celebrations==
===Independence Day===
[[File:US Navy 110703-N-GA722-926 Cmdr. Chris A. Nerad assigned to USS Nitze (DDG 94) competes in the annual Codfish Race.jpg|thumb|right|Sailor from [[USS Nitze (DDG 94)|USS ''Nitze'']] competes in the cod race during Fourth of July celebration in 2011.]]

[[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] in Eastport includes "Old Home Week", a celebration of the birth of both Canada and the United States, which traditionally begins on [[Canada Day]] and continues through U.S. Independence Day.<ref>Tourism Authority of Downeast, Maine. (2011). Eastport Events. Retrieved on July 1, 2011 from http://www.goeastport.com/eastport-events</ref> Eastport hosts the largest Fourth of July celebration in Maine.  Events include the Grand Independence Parade (with considerable participation of its Canadian neighbors), fireworks over the [[Bay of Fundy]], free entertainment at Overlook Park, greasy pole and water sports, an antique car show, and contests and games for all ages with prizes.  Since 1905, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard ships have made a port call over the 4th and provided free tours.<ref>Maine.info (2008). 4th of July in Maine. Retrieved on February 6, 2009 from http://www.maine.info/July4.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010130659/http://www.maine.info/July4.php |date=2012-10-10 }}</ref>

===New Year's Eve===
Beginning in 2004, Eastport began the new year with the drop of a [[sardine]] and [[maple leaf]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tidesinstitute.org/newyearseve.html|title=NEW YEAR'S EVE 2015 - SARDINE & MAPLE LEAF DROP|access-date=1 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227030950/http://www.tidesinstitute.org/newyearseve.html|archive-date=27 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2015/01/01/news/down-east/eastport-rings-in-new-year-with-annual-sardine-drop/|title=Eastport rings in New Year with annual sardine drop|work=[[Bangor Daily News]]|access-date=1 January 2015}}</ref>

==Geography==
Eastport is the [[Extreme points of the United States|easternmost city in the United States]]; Lubec is farther east but is a town.<ref name="clui">{{Cite web |url=http://www.clui.org/section/united-divide-a-linear-portrait-usacanada-border-0 |title=Chapter 1: Eastern Maine |website=United Divide: A Linear Portrait of the USA/Canada Border |publisher=The Center for Land Use Interpretation |date=Winter 2015 |access-date=November 14, 2017 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210120228/http://www.clui.org/section/united-divide-a-linear-portrait-usacanada-border-0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|12.34|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|3.63|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|8.71|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref> Eastport is located on the southeasterly part of [[Moose Island, Maine|Moose Island]], which lies between [[Cobscook Bay]] to the west and [[Passamaquoddy Bay]] to the east. The city faces [[Deer Island (New Brunswick)|Deer Island]] to the northeast and [[Campobello Island]] to the southeast—both in [[Canada]].

[[Old Sow]], the largest tidal [[whirlpool]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]], sits on the [[Canada–United States border|international boundary]] between Eastport and Deer Island.

===Climate===
This [[climate|climatic]] region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm (and often humid) summers and long, cold (sometimes severely cold) and snowy winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Eastport has a [[humid continental climate]], abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=80627&cityname=Eastport,%20Maine,%20United%20States%20of%20America&units=|title=Eastport, Maine Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)}}</ref>

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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1800= 562
|1810= 1511
|1820= 1937
|1830= 2450
|1840= 2876
|1850= 4125
|1860= 3850
|1870= 3736
|1880= 4006
|1890= 4908
|1900= 5311
|1910= 4961
|1920= 4494
|1930= 3406
|1940= 3346
|1950= 3123
|1960= 2537
|1970= 1989
|1980= 1982
|1990= 1965
|2000= 1640
|2010= 1331
|2020= 1288
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The population peaked at 5,311 in 1900. It has fallen more or less constantly since then to its population of 1,288 at the 2020 census.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,331 people, 670 households, and 355 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|366.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,083 housing units at an average density of {{convert|298.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.5% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.9% of the population.

There were 670 households, of which 16.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 47.0% were non-families. 40.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.93 and the average family size was 2.56.

The median age in the city was 54.5 years. 14.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 15.6% were from 25 to 44; 38.2% were from 45 to 64; and 26.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.0% male and 53.0% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,640 people, 750 households, and 444 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|447.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,061 housing units at an average density of {{convert|289.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 93.60% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.37% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3.96% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.12% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.06% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.24% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.65% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.85% of the population.

There were 750 households, out of which 22.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.7% were non-families. 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.69.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 18.7% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $23,488, and the median income for a family was $31,328. Males had a median income of $22,875 versus $17,917 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,864. About 11.2% of families and 17.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.7% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
{{see also|List of mayors of Eastport, Maine}}

==Twin towns==
* {{flagdeco|ISL}} [[Húsavík]], Iceland

==Education==
[[File:Peavey Memorial Library.jpg|right|thumb|The Peavey Memorial Library, May 2014]]
[[Shead Memorial High School]] in Eastport was named to the 2009 "America's Best High Schools" list by ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shead.org//|title=Shead High School|publisher=Shead High School System|access-date=2012-05-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506012423/http://www.shead.org/|archive-date=2012-05-06}}</ref> The [[Peavey Memorial Library]] has been open since 1893.

==Notable people==
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* William Beale, author, violinist, and businessman<ref>Maine State Library. (2017). A Maine Writer. Retrieved on 7/23/2018 from https://www.maine.gov/msl/maine/writdisplay.shtml?id=244293</ref>
* [[Kimball Bent]], soldier and adventurer
* [[Nathaniel Butler Jr.]], educator
* [[Joseph S. Cony]], U.S. naval officer
* [[George Pearse Ennis]], artist
* [[John C. Grady]], Pennsylvania lawyer and politician
* [[George S. Greene]], soldier
* [[Harry G. Hamlet]], [[Commandant of the Coast Guard]], 1932&ndash;1936
* [[Otis Tufton Mason]], ethnologist
* [[Joseph C. Noyes]], U.S. congressman
* [[Mary Hayden Pike]], author
* [[Timothy Pilsbury]], U.S. congressman
* [[Kevin Raye]], state senator
* [[Lorenzo Sabine]], U.S. congressman
* [[Karl Turner (Maine politician)|Karl Turner]], state legislator

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.marketplace.org/2013/10/25/american-futures-eastports-big-bet-global-trade-plus-quiz/|title=American Futures: Eastport's big bet on global trade (plus, a quiz!)|first=Kai|last=Ryssdal|author-link=Kai Ryssdal|work=[[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]]|date=October 25, 2013|access-date=October 26, 2013}} A report on the economy of Eastport.
* Smith, Joshua M., ''Borderland Smuggling: Patriots, Loyalists and Illicit Trade in the Northeast, 1783–1820'', University Press of Florida, 2006
* Smith, Joshua M., ''Making Maine: Statehood and the War of 1812'' (2022), Amherst, MA, University of Massachusetts Press
* Wayne Curtis, ''Something Fishy in Small Town X'', [https://savingplaces.org/preservation-magazine#.XHYEQbuqGnY Preservation], Nov/Dec 2001

==External links==
{{Commons category|Eastport, Maine}}
{{EB1911 poster|Eastport}}
* [http://www.eastport-me.gov/ City of Eastport official website]
* [http://www.librarytechnology.org/lwc-displaylibrary.pl?RC=19388 Peavey Memorial Library]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180804145925/http://borderhistoricalsociety.com/ Border Historical Society]}}
* [http://www.goeastport.com Go Eastport]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311173859/http://www.tidesinstitute.org/tides/panorama/panorama.html The Tides Institute featuring aerial views of the city]}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070608162653/http://www.eastcoastferries.nb.ca/timetables.htm East Coast Ferries Ltd., running seasonally between Deer Island, NB, and Eastport, ME]}}

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