Brooklin, Maine

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Coordinates: 44°16′31″N 68°33′34″W / 44.27528, -68.55944
Brooklin, Maine
Brooklin, Maine Location within the state of Maine
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	Hancock
Area
- Total	41.2 sq mi (106.7 km²)
- Land	18.0 sq mi (46.5 km²)
- Water	23.2 sq mi (60.2 km²)
Elevation	33 ft (10 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	841
- Density	46.8/sq mi (18.1/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	04616
Area code(s)	207
FIPS code	23-07800
GNIS feature ID	0582370

Brooklin is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 841 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Famous residents
4 Archaeology
5 List of National Historic Sites in Brooklin

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 41.2 square miles (106.7 km²), of which, 18.0 square miles (46.5 km²) of it is land and 23.2 square miles (60.2 km²) of it (56.40%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 841 people, 371 households, and 244 families residing in the town. The population density was 46.8 people per square mile (18.1/km²). There were 697 housing units at an average density of 38.8/sq mi (15.0/km²). 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.