Brooklin is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 841 at the 2000 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area
of 106.7 km² (41.2 mi²). 46.5 km² (18.0 mi²) of it
is land and 60.2 km² (23.2 mi²) of it (56.40%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000,
there were 841 people, 371 households, and 244 families residing in the town. The population
density was 18.1/km² (46.8/mi²). There were 697 housing units at an average density of 15.0/km² (38.8/mi²). The racial
makeup of the town was 98.45% White, 0.12%
African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.36% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.95% of the population. The 2005 census put the
town's population at 812.
There were 371 households out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were
non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or
older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.79.
In the town the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 33.1% from
45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males.
For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $36,786, and the median income for a family was $46,591. Males had a median
income of $30,250 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was
$21,704. About 6.9% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the poverty
line, including 21.3% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.
Famous residents
One of Brooklin's best known residents was E.B. "Andy" White author of "Charlotte's Web," "The Trumpet of the Swan" and
"Stuart Little" and co-authored "The Elements of
Style" with William Strunk. White was a long-time writer for The New Yorker. He and his wife, Katherine S. White, a founding editor of The New Yorker, are both buried
in a Brooklin cemetery. James Russell Wiggins, onetime publisher of the
Washington Post and a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, lived for many
years in Brooklin.
Other notable residents of the past include Emily Greene Balch, co-winner of the
1946 Nobel Peace Prize, and the geologist and explorer
John Wesley Powell. Mathematician Oswald
Veblen was in Brooklin when he died.
Novelist and screenwriter Rafael Yglesias owns a summer home in Brooklin, as do the
writer Ben Marcus and his wife, the writer and editor Heidi
Julavits. Paul Sullivan, who won a Grammy Award for his work with Paul Winter also resides in Brooklin with his wife and son.
Archaeology
An 11th century Norse coin was found in Brooklin at the site of an excavation of a Native American trading center. This is the
only physical evidence of Nordic settlers having entered the area of what is now the United States. It is possible, however, that
the coin was brought to the site not directly by Vikings, but rather through trading.
List of National Historic Sites in Brooklin
- Beth Eden Chapel, added August 2, 2001
- Brooklin IOOF Hall, added January 26, 1990
- Flye Point 2, added April 15, 1985
- Goddard Site, added May 7, 1979
- E. B. White House, added September 22, 1986
External links
Coordinates:
44°15′58″N, 68°34′09″W
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