Editing Gouldsboro, Maine

{{Short description| Town in the state of Maine, United States}}
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| official_name            = Gouldsboro, Maine
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Hancock County, Maine|Hancock]]
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* Gouldsboro
* Ashville&nbsp;(part)
* [[Birch Harbor, Maine|Birch Harbor]]
* [[Corea, Maine|Corea]]
* [[Prospect Harbor, Maine|Prospect Harbor]]
* South Gouldsboro
* West Gouldsboro
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| leader_name              = Joshua McIntyre
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| leader_name1             = Brianna L. Mitchell
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| postal_code              = 04607 (Gouldsboro)<br/>04613 ([[Birch Harbor, Maine|Birch Harbor]])<br/>04624 ([[Corea, Maine|Corea]])<br/>04669 ([[Prospect Harbor, Maine|Prospect Harbor]])
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'''Gouldsboro''' is a [[New England town|town]] and municipality in [[Hancock County, Maine|Hancock County]], [[Maine]], United States on the [[Schoodic Peninsula]]. The town was named for Robert Gould, a landholder in the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=62882 |title=Profile for Gouldsboro, Maine|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=April 18, 2010}}</ref> The town has many historically separate fishing villages, [[summer colonies]] and communities, including Birch Harbor, Prospect Harbor, South Gouldsboro, West Gouldsboro, Summer Harbor, Wonsqueak Harbor, Bunker's Harbor, Chicken Mill, Jones' Pond, Westbay, and Corea.<ref name="MAGDE">{{cite book |last= Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums |editor=Doris A. Isaacson |title=Maine: A Guide "Down East" |year=1970 |publisher=Courier-Gazette, Inc. |location=Rockland, Me | pages = 276–277 }}</ref> The population was 1,703 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2300928450|title=Census - Geography Profile: Gouldsboro town, Hancock County, Maine|access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|98.99|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|46.17|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|52.82|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer2010.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 16, 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 267
|1800= 379
|1810= 471
|1820= 560
|1830= 880
|1840= 1198
|1850= 1400
|1860= 1717
|1870= 1709
|1880= 1825
|1890= 1709
|1900= 1259
|1910= 1349
|1920= 1282
|1930= 1115
|1940= 1068
|1950= 1168
|1960= 1100
|1970= 1310
|1980= 1574
|1990= 1986
|2000= 1941
|2010= 1737
|2020= 1703
|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 |access-date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref>
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===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=December 16, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,737 people, 773 households, and 528 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|37.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,442 housing units at an average density of {{convert|31.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.8% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.4% of the population.

There were 773 households, of which 21.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.7% were non-families. Of all households, 26.3% were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.66.

The median age in the town was 50.3 years. 17.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.4% were from 25 to 44; 35.1% were from 45 to 64; and 23.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.

===2000 census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,941 people, 801 households, and 539 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|42.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,328 housing units at an average density of {{convert|28.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 96.39% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.67% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.82% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.26% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.52% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.13% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.85% of the population.

There were 801 households, out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. Of all households, 27.5% were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 19.8% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 28.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,542, and the median income for a family was $43,864. Males had a median income of $25,076 versus $19,563 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $18,203. About 7.0% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Corea==
Corea is one of the many villages that comprise the town of Gouldsboro. In the early 1800s, Corea was referred to as Indian Harbor, as it was occupied by the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] [[Passamaquoddy]]. The name of the town changed from Indian Harbor to Corea in the year 1896 with the construction of the village's first post office.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Historical Researches of Gouldsboro, Maine |url=https://archive.org/details/historicalresear00daug |url-access=registration |location=Gouldsboro, ME |publisher=The Daughters of Liberty, Gouldsboro, Maine |year=1904 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicalresear00daug/page/100/mode/2up 101–105] |oclc=181210426}}</ref> The primary industry of Corea is lobster fishing.

== Notable people ==
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* [[Amy Clampitt]], poet, author
* [[David Cobb (Massachusetts)|General David Cobb]], congressman and lieutenant governor for [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]<ref | name="MAGDE" />
* [[Luere B. Deasy]], Maine Senate President and State Supreme Court Justice
* [[Marsden Hartley]], painter and poet<ref>Ludington, Townsend. ''Marsden Hartley: The Biography of an American Artist''. Cornell University, 1998. p. 278.</ref>
* [[Louis A. Meyer]], author, artist
* [[Louise Dickinson Rich]], writer

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Johnson, Muriel Sampson (1990). ''[https://digitalmaine.com/gouldsboro_books/1/ Early Families of Gouldsboro, Maine]''. Picton Press.
* Rich, Louise Dickinson (1958). ''The Peninsula''. J.B. Lippincott Co.
* {{Cite magazine |last=Wright |first=Virginia M. |date=August 2009 |title=Schoodic: The Secret Side of Acadia |magazine=[[Down East (magazine)|Down East: The Magazine of Maine]]}}

==External links==
* [http://www.gouldsborotown.com/ Official website]

{{Hancock County, Maine}}
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[[Category:Towns in Hancock County, Maine]]
[[Category:Towns in Maine]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Maine]]