Temple is a town in Franklin County
, Maine
, United States
. It is located at the end of Maine State
Route 43 (Temple Road), one of only two towns in Maine to be
situated as such. The population was 572 at the
2000 census.
The town contains a school (now the Temple Historical Society), a
no longer in use store (Hodgkins Store, built in the early 20th
century, which also houses a
post
office), a
theatre (Temple Stream
Theater; formerly the Congregational Church), a derelict
baseball field, and a small
fire station.
What is now Maple Street was formerly named Cowturd Lane, due to
"the smell of
manure, fresh from
cows walking in the road on their way to the
barn and back, hanging in the air like
swamp gas."
A Soldier's Son: An American Boyhood During World War II
(ISBN 0-89272-716-0) was written by Temple native
and still part-time resident John E. Hodgkins about life in the
town before, during and after the conflict. It was published in
2006 by Down East Books.
Bill Roorbach, another Temple native, who wrote the foreword to
Hodgkins' book, released his own book on Temple Stream, entitled
Temple Stream: A Rural Odyssey (ISBN
0-38533-655-1), in 2006.
Geography
According to the
United
States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of
35.8
square miles
(92.7
km²), of which, 35.6 square
miles (92.1 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles
(0.6 km²) of it (0.61%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 572
people, 228 households, and 165 families residing in the town. The
population density was 16.1
people per square mile (6.2/km²). There were 316 housing units at
an average density of 8.9/sq mi (3.4/km²). The racial makeup
of the town was 98.60%
White,
0.17%
Native American,
0.52%
Asian, and 0.70% from two
or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.52%
of the population.
There were 228 households out of which 35.1% had children under the
age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were
married
couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no
husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 22.4% of all
households were made up of individuals and 7.0% had someone living
alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.79.
In the town the population was spread out with 25.7% under the age
of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to
64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was
40 years. For every 100 females there were 107.2 males. For every
100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.3 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $33,750, and the
median income for a family was $34,931. Males had a median income
of $29,844 versus $24,688 for females. The
per capita income for the town was
$16,905. About 7.6% of families and 10.1% of the population were
below the
poverty line, including 10.1%
of those under age 18 and 22.8% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people born in Temple
Notable residents
Gallery
Image:Hodgkin's Store, Temple.jpg|Hodgkins Store, on Temple
RoadImage:Boyce Park, Temple.jpg|Boyce Park, home of the
now-defunct Temple Tigers baseball teamImage:Boyce Park,
Temple2.jpg|Boyce Park's scoreboardImage:Intervale,
Temple.jpg|Looking south along Intervale Road from its intersection
with Day Mountain RoadImage:Fire station, Temple.jpg|Temple Fire
StationImage:Fire truck.jpg|An old fire truck
See also
References
- Hodgkins, John E., A Soldier's Son: An American Boyhood
During World War II, Down East Books, 2006. ISBN
0-89272-716-0
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