Lebanon, Maine
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|subdivision_name2 = [[York County, Maine|York]]
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|government_type = Town Meeting
|leader_title = 1st Selectman
|leader_name = Harold L. Randall
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|leader_name1 = Judith L Churchard<br>Robert D. Torno, Jr.
|established_title = Incorporated
|established_date = [[1767]]
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'''Lebanon''' is a town in [[York County, Maine|York County]], [[Maine]], [[United States]]. The population was 5,083 at the 2000 census. Lebanon includes the villages of Center Lebanon, West Lebanon, North Lebanon and East Lebanon. It is part of the [[Portland, Maine|Portland]]–[[South Portland, Maine|South Portland]]–[[Biddeford, Maine|Biddeford]], Maine [[Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Lebanon is home to Skydive New England.
==History==
It was called Towwoh by the Newichawannock [[Abenaki]] tribe, whose main village was further down the [[Salmon Falls River]]. On [[April 20]], [[1733]], the [[Massachusetts General Court]] granted Towwoh Plantation to 60 colonists, who first settled it in 1743. The township was incorporated on [[June 17]], [[1767]], renamed Lebanon after the biblical land of [[Lebanon]]. It was Maine's 23rd town. Lebanon annexed unincorporated land in 1785, and some from [[Sanford, Maine|Sanford]] in 1787. It swapped land with [[Shapleigh, Maine|Shapleigh]], giving some in 1793, then annexing some in 1825.
[[Farmer]]s found the surface of the town relatively level in the southeast, with extensive pine plains in the northwest. The chief crop would be [[hay]]. At the Salmon Falls River and the Little River were [[water power]] sites for [[watermill|mills]]. Lebanon had 4 [[sawmill]]s, 3 [[gristmill]]s, a [[roof shingle|shingle]] mill, a [[wool]] [[carding]] mill and a [[tanning|tannery]]. In 1850, [[Oren B. Cheney]] founded West Lebanon Academy. Beginning in the early 1870s, the Portland & Rochester Railroad ran the length of the town's southeast side, with the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway Railroad crossing for a short distance on the western side.
==Notable residents==
* [[Oren B. Cheney]], clergyman, abolitionist & college founder
* [[Charles Coffin Jewett]], librarian
* [[Sumner Increase Kimball]], organized the [[United States Life-Saving Service]]
* [[Charles E. Littlefield]], congressman
==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 55.8 [[square mile]]s (144.5 [[km²]]), of which, 54.7 square miles (141.7 km²) of it is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²) of it (1.94%) is water. Lebanon is drained by the Little River and [[Salmon Falls River]].
The town is crossed by [[United States Route 202|U.S. Route 202]] and State Route [[Maine State Route 11|11]]. It borders the towns of [[Acton, Maine|Acton]] to the north, [[Sanford, Maine|Sanford]] to the east, [[Berwick, Maine|Berwick]] and [[North Berwick, Maine|North Berwick]] to the southeast, and the [[New Hampshire]] towns of [[Milton, New Hampshire|Milton]] and [[Rochester, New Hampshire|Rochester]] to the west.
==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there are 5,083 people, 1,823 households, and 1,405 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] is 92.9 people per square mile (35.9/km²). There are 2,090 housing units at an average density of 38.2/sq mi (14.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.49% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.31% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.28% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.26% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.08% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.59% from two or more races. 0.63% of the population are [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.
There are 1,823 households out of which 38.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% are [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.9% are non-families. 17.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.79 and the average family size is 3.10.
In the town the population is spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.8 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $40,021, and the median income for a family is $41,713. Males have a median income of $33,551 versus $22,292 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town is $15,503. 10.4% of the population and 8.8% of families are below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 12.9% of those under the age of 18 and 7.1% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
==General information==
* One [[post office]]: [[zip code]] 04027
==References==
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==Further reading==
* [http://history.rays-place.com/me/lebanon-me.htm History of Lebanon, Maine (1886)]
* A. J. Coolidge & J. B. Mansfield, ''A History and Description of New England'', 1859; H. O. Houghton & Company, printer; Cambridge, Massachusetts
==External links==
* [http://www.lebanon-me.org/public_documents/index Town of Lebanon, Maine]
* [http://www.maine.gov/local/york/lebanon Maine.gov -- Lebanon, Maine]
* [http://www.city-data.com/city/Lebanon-Maine.html City Data Profile]
* [http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2189 Epodunk Town Profile]
* [http://www.skydivenewengland.com/ Skydive New England]
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[[Category:York County, Maine]]
[[Category:Settlements established in 1767]]
[[Category:Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area]]
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