Gouldsboro, Maine: Difference between revisions

| official_name = Gouldsboro, Maine

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'''Gouldsboro''' is a [[New England town|town]] and municipality in [[Hancock County, Maine|Hancock County]], [[Maine]], United States on the [[Schoodic Peninsula]]. The town was named for Robert Gould, a landholder in the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=62882 |title=Profile for Gouldsboro, Maine|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=2010-04-April 18, 2010}}</ref> The town has many historically separate fishing villages, [[summer colonies]] and communities, including Birch Harbor, Prospect Harbor, South Gouldsboro, West Gouldsboro, Summer Harbor, Wonsqueak Harbor, Bunker's Harbor, Chicken Mill, Jones' Pond, Westbay, and Corea.<ref name="MAGDE">{{cite book |last= Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums |editor=Doris A. Isaacson |title=Maine: A Guide 'Down East' |year=1970 |publisher=Courier-Gazette, Inc. |location=Rockland, Me | pages = 276–277 }}</ref> The population was 1,737703 at the [[20102020 United States Census|20102020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2300928450|title=Census - Geography Profile: Gouldsboro town, Hancock County, Maine|access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|98.99|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|46.17|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|52.82|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer2010.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-December 16, 2012}}</ref>

As of the census<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-December 16, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,737 people, 773 households, and 528 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|37.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,442 housing units at an average density of {{convert|31.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.8% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.4% of the population.

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,941 people, 801 households, and 539 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|42.1 people per square mile (16.3|PD/km<sup>2<sqmi|PD/sup>)km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,328 housing units at an average density of {{convert|28.8 per square mile (11.1|/km<sup>2<sqmi|/sup>)km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 96.39% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.67% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.82% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.26% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.52% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.13% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.85% of the population.