Seboomook Lake, Maine

Seboomook Lake is an unorganized territory in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 45 at the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 3,715.8 km² (1,434.7 mi²). 3,628.4 km² (1,400.9 mi²) of it is land and 87.4 km² (33.8 mi²) of it (2.35%) is water.

Seboomook Lake

Seboomook Lake
Location	Somerset County, Maine
Coordinates	45°56′N 69°52′W / 45.933°N 69.867°W / 45.933; -69.867Coordinates: 45°56′N 69°52′W / 45.933°N 69.867°W / 45.933; -69.867^[1]
Primary outflows	West Branch Penobscot River, Southwest Branch Saint John River, Baker Branch Saint John River
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	13 mi (21 km)^[2]
Max. width	1 mi (1.6 km)^[2]
Surface area	6,880 acres (2,780 ha)^[3]
Max. depth	48 feet (15 m)^[4]
Water volume	102,195 acre·ft (126,056,000 m³)^[3]
Surface elevation	1,073 ft (327 m)^[1]

Seboomook Lake is a reservoir on the West Branch Penobscot River. The reservoir extends upstream from Seboomook Dam in Seboomook Township, through Plymouth Township, to the confluence of the North Branch and South Branch Penobscot River in Pittston Academy Grant.^[2]

Townships

The territory consists of 40 townships^[5] plus portions of three other townships (shared with Northeast Somerset).

Tomhegan
Brassua
Thorndike
Sandy Bay
Bald Mountain (T4R3)
Alder Brook
Soldiertown
West Middlesex Canal Grant
Big W
Little W
Seboomook
Plymouth
Pittston Academy Grant
Hammond
Prentiss
Blake Gore
T4R5 NBKP
Dole Brook
Comstock
T4R17 WELS
Elm Stream
Russell Pond
T5R17 WELS
T5R18 WELS
T5R19 WELS
T5R20 WELS
Big Six
T6R18 WELS
T6R17 WELS
Saint John
T7R16 WELS
T7R17 WELS
T7R18 WELS
T7R19 WELS
T8R16 WELS
T8R17 WELS
T8R18 WELS
T8R19 WELS
T9R16 WELS
T9R17 WELS
T9R18 WELS
Big Ten
T10R16 WELS

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1920	24		—
1940	16		—
1950	18		12.5%
1980	37		—
1990	19		−48.6%
2000	45		136.8%
2010	48		6.7%
Est. 2014	47	^[6]	−2.1%
U.S. Decennial Census^[7]

As of the census^[8] of 2000, there were 45 people, 22 households, and 11 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 0.0/km² (0.0/mi²). There were 368 housing units at an average density of 0.1/km² (0.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 100.00% White.

There were 22 households out of which 18.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.5% were non-families. 40.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.75.

In the unorganized territory the population was spread out with 15.6% under the age of 18, 2.2% from 18 to 24, 20.0% from 25 to 44, 57.8% from 45 to 64, and 4.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females there were 150.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 137.5 males.

The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $49,167, and the median income for a family was $61,250. Males had a median income of $46,250 versus $0 for females. The per capita income for the unorganized territory was $32,578. There were no families and 11.1% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Seboomook Lake
1 2 3 The Maine Atlas and Gazeteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. pp. 33,42&43. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.
1 2 Maine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (2005-08-04). "Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information". Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, The University of Maine. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
↑ "Seboomook Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. State of Maine. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ SOMERSET COUNTY COMMUNITY LISTING (106) And 2000 Census Population Figures of 50,888
↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

Municipalities and communities of Somerset County, Maine, United States

County seat: Skowhegan

Towns	Anson Athens Bingham Cambridge Canaan Caratunk Cornville Detroit Embden Fairfield Harmony Hartland Jackman Madison Mercer Moose River Moscow New Portland Norridgewock Palmyra Pittsfield Ripley St. Albans Skowhegan Smithfield Solon Starks

Plantations	Brighton Plantation Dennistown Highland Plantation Pleasant Ridge Plantation The Forks West Forks

Unorganized territories	Central Somerset Northeast Somerset Northwest Somerset Seboomook Lake

CDPs	Anson Bingham Fairfield Hartland Madison Norridgewock Pittsfield Skowhegan

Other villages	Flagstaff North Anson Rockwood Shawmut

Penobscot River Watershed

Tributaries	Dead River East Branch Mattawamkeag River East Branch Penobscot River East Branch Piscataquis River East Branch Pleasant River Kenduskeag Stream Little Seboeis River Mattawamkeag River Middle Branch Pleasant River Molunkus Stream Narramissic River North Branch Marsh River North Branch Penobscot River Orland River Passadumkeag River Piscataquis River Pleasant River Sebec River Seboeis River South Branch Marsh River South Branch Penobscot River Stillwater River West Branch Mattawamkeag River West Branch Penobscot River West Branch Piscataquis River West Branch Pleasant River

Lakes	Allagash Lake Canada Falls Lake Caucomgomoc Lake Chamberlain Lake Chesuncook Lake Cold Stream Pond Debsconeag Lakes Grand Lake Seboeis Jo-Mary Lakes Lobster Lake Lower Wilson Pond Matagamon Lake Mattawamkeag Lake Millinocket Lake Nahmakanta Lake Nicatous Lake Lake Onawa Pemadumcook Chain of Lakes Pleasant Lake Pushaw Lake Ragged Lake Rainbow Lake Schoodic Lake Sebec Lake Seboeis Lake Seboomook Lake South Twin Lake Telos Lake Toddy Pond Upper Wilson Pond

Towns	Abbot Bangor Bradley Brewer Brooks Brownville Bucksport Burlington Carmel Charleston Danforth Dover-Foxcroft East Millinocket Eddington Enfield Frankfort Guilford Hampden Haynesville Hermon Howland Hudson Island Falls Kenduskeag Kingman Lee Levant Lincoln Macwahoc Mattawamkeag Medway Milford Millinocket Milo Monson Oakfield Old Town Orland Orono Orrington Passadumkeag Patten Prospect Sangerville Sherman Smyrna Springfield Veazie Verona Winn Winterport Wytopitlock

Landmarks	Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Baxter State Park Fort Knox Gero Island Great Northern Paper Company Great Works Dam Hundred-Mile Wilderness Katahdin Iron Works Maine Central Railroad Monson Railroad Mount Katahdin North Maine Woods Orono Dam Peaks-Kenny State Park Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory Ripogenus Gorge Stillwater Dam University of Maine Veazie Dam Waldo–Hancock Bridge

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