Hiram, Maine
| Hiram, Maine | |
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Great Falls, Saco River in 1869
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 Hiram, Maine
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| Coordinates: 43°52′18″N 70°50′2″W / 43.87167°N 70.83389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| County | Oxford |
| Incorporated | 1814 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 38.87 sq mi (100.67 km2) |
| • Land | 37.55 sq mi (97.25 km2) |
| • Water | 1.32 sq mi (3.42 km2) |
| Elevation | 823 ft (251 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,620 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,618 |
| • Density | 43.1/sq mi (16.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 04041 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-33315 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0582520 |
Hiram is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,620 at the 2010 census. It includes the villages of Hiram, East Hiram, South Hiram and Durgintown. Located among the rugged and unspoiled Western Maine Mountains, Hiram is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area.
It became a stage stop along the Pequawket Trail, the former wilderness path of the Sokokis Abenakis which runs from Standish to Fryeburg (site of Pequawket, their village). First known as Great Ossipee after the Ossipee River, the town was settled in the 1780s and organized as Hiram Plantation, named after Hiram I, the biblical king of Tyre. Like King Hiram's domain, Hiram Plantation was set among forests. It was incorporated as a district on February 27, 1807, then as the town of Hiram on June 14, 1814. Peleg Wadsworth bought a tract of land here in 1790, and in 1792 or 1794 began clearing a farm for his eldest son.
Although uneven at the center, there was good and fertile farmland in the intervales. The soil was sandy loam, yielding wheat and hay, the principal crop. Sheep grazed the pastures, and their wool became an important product. In 1830, the town's population was 1,148.
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