Editing Kingsbury Plantation, Maine

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|official_name            = Kingsbury Plantation, Maine
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|area_total_km2           = 115.6
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|postal_code              = 04406 ([[Abbot, Maine|Abbot]])<br/>04942 ([[Harmony, Maine|Harmony]])
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'''Kingsbury Plantation''' is a [[Plantation (Maine)|plantation]] in [[Piscataquis County, Maine|Piscataquis County]], [[Maine]], United States. The plantation was named for Judge Sanford Kingsbury, a landowner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2183|title=Profile for Kingsbury, Maine|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|accessdate=2010-05-07}}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the plantation had a total population of 28.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2302137095|title=Census - Geography Profile: Kingsbury plantation, Piscataquis County, Maine|access-date=January 9, 2022}}</ref>

== History ==
The area that now contains the plantation was originally part of the [[Bingham Purchase]] and was purchased by Judge Sanford Kingsbury in 1833 for $4,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.kingsburyplantation.com/history.html |website=Kingsbury Plantation |accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> Judge Kingsbury built two mills on Kingsbury Pond in 1835,<ref name="gazetteerME">{{cite book |last1=Varney |first1=George Jones |title=A Gazetteer of the State of Maine |date=December 31, 1881 |publisher=B. B. Russell |location=Boston |page=303 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t5gb2p526&view=1up&seq=10}}</ref> and the area grew quickly enough that on March 22, 1836 it was incorporated as the town of Kingsbury.<ref name="ME encycl">{{cite web |title=Kingsbury |url=https://maineanencyclopedia.com/kingsbury/ |website=Maine: An Encyclopedia |accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> By the 1880s, the town had a store, hotel, church, and two schoolhouses.<ref name="gazetteerME" /> In 1886, the town disbanded, and it reorganized as a [[Plantation (Maine)|plantation]] in 1887.<ref name="ME encycl" /> The reorganization as a plantation was validated by the state legislature in 1895.<ref name="ME encycl" />

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the plantation has a total area of {{convert|44.6|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|44.1|sqmi|km2}}  is land and {{convert|0.5|sqmi|km2}}  (1.08%) is water. The plantation includes Foss Pond in the north, part of Whetstone Pond in the northeast, and part of Kingsbury Pond in the southwest. The 1,532-ft high Foss Mountain is located in the plantation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Foss Mountain |url=https://peakery.com/foss-mountain-maine-1532ft/ |website=Peakery.com |accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1840= 227
|1850= 181
|1860= 191
|1870= 174
|1880= 198
|1890= 205
|1900= 106
|1910= 108
|1920= 63
|1930= 50
|1940= 63
|1950= 35
|1960= 8
|1970= 7
|1980= 4
|1990= 13
|2000= 9
|2010= 28
|2020= 28
|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>
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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 9 people, 6 households, and 1 family residing in the plantation. The population density was {{convert|0.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 139 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the plantation was 8 [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 1 from two or more races.

There were 6 households, out of which 2 were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together and 4 were non-families. 3 households were made up of individuals, and 3 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.50 and the average family size was 2.00.

In the plantation the population was spread out, with 1 between 25 and 44, 3 from 45 to 64, and 5 ages 65 years of age or older. The median age was 70 years.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.kingsburyplantation.com/ Kingsbury Plantation Website]

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[[Category:Plantations in Piscataquis County, Maine]]
[[Category:Plantations in Maine]]