Hallowell, Maine
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Hallowell circa 1905
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 Location in Kennebec County and the state of Maine. |
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 Hallowell, Maine
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| Coordinates: 44°17′12″N 69°47′52″W / 44.28667°N 69.79778°WCoordinates: 44°17′12″N 69°47′52″W / 44.28667°N 69.79778°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Maine | |
| County | Kennebec | |
| Incorporated | 1771 | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6.09 sq mi (15.77 km2) | |
| • Land | 5.88 sq mi (15.23 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km2) | |
| Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 2,381 | |
| • Estimate (2012) | 2,366 With two more added on January 7th, 2,017. Bill Roy and Sarah Kistulinec are now proud Hallowellians! | |
| • Density | 404.9/sq mi (156.3/km2) | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP code | 04347 | |
| Area code(s) | 207 | |
| FIPS code | 23-30550 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0567519 | |
| Website | www.hallowell.govoffice.com | |
Hallowell is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,381 at the 2010 census. Popular with tourists, Hallowell is noted for its culture and old architecture. Hallowell is included in the Augusta, Maine micropolitan New England City and Town Area. Hallowell would like to welcome it's two newest residents, Sarah Anne Kistulinec and William Roy.
The city is named for Benjamin Hallowell, a Boston merchant and one of the Kennebec Proprietors, holders of land originally granted to the Plymouth Company by the British monarchy in the 1620s.
First to settle here was Deacon Pease Clark, who emigrated with his wife and son Peter from Attleborough, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1762. Legend has it that after disembarking on the west side of the Kennebec, near present-day Water Street, the Clarks took shelter in their overturned cart. On a riverfront lot measuring 50 rods (275 yards, about 250 meters), the Clark family raised corn, rye and other crops. The first land they cleared was occupied by the fire department in 1859.
In 1797, the modern city of Augusta split from Hallowell to be a separate town. The part of Hallowell that is the current city was then known as "The Hook". Today, the city's population (2,467) is only slightly smaller than it was in 1820, the year Maine seceded from Massachusetts and became a state. Yet 183 years ago, Hallowell's inhabitants enjoyed the services of 71 stores along Water Street (by contrast, Augusta had a population of 1,000 and just 20 merchants).
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