Frenchboro, Maine

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Frenchboro is a town in Hancock County, Maine, U.S., and a village within this town located on Outer Long Island in Blue Hill Bay. The population was 38 at the 2000 census.

14 islands in the Gulf of Maine comprise the town:

Black Island
Crow Island
Duck Islands (2: Little and Great)
Drum Island
Green Islands (2)
Harbor Island
Long Island (formerly Outer Long Island)
Mount Desert Rock
Placentia Island
Pond Island
Sister Islands (2: Eastern and Western)

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 References

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 244.9 km² (94.6 mi²). 12.5 km² (4.8 mi²) of it is land and 232.4 km² (89.7 mi²) of it (94.90%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 38 people, 18 households, and 12 families residing in the town. The population density was 3.1/km² (7.9/mi²). There were 59 housing units at an average density of 4.7/km² (12.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 100.00% White.

There were 18 households out of which 11.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% were married couples living together, and 33.3% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.50.

In the town the population was spread out with 18.4% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 21.1% from 25 to 44, 39.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 153.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 158.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $38,125, and the median income for a family was $45,000. Males had a median income of $25,625 versus $0 for females. The per capita income for the town was $21,050. There were no families and 7.1% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

[edit] Education

Frenchboro Elementary School supports kindergarten through eighth grade. The school has struggled in the last twenty years to maintain an educating atmosphere. For sometime, there were only two students attending the school, and shortly after that, there was only one student for a brief period of time. In 1995, Zachary Lunt graduated and it wasn't until 2004 that they had had another graduation sending Joseph Charpentier away to Northfield Mount Hermon School (first in years to go to boarding school from Frenchboro School). Despite this fiasco, the somewhat recent baby boom has improved that situation by upping the number of scholars. As of now, there are about eleven students attending the Frenchboro Elementary School ranging from kindergarten through sixth grade.