Columbia Falls, Maine Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Columbia Falls, Maine
Town
Town Hall and Pleasant River c. 1908
Columbia Falls, Maine Location in Maine
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	Washington
Incorporated	1863
Area
• Total	24.67 sq mi (63.90 km²)
• Land	24.55 sq mi (63.58 km²)
• Water	0.12 sq mi (0.31 km²)
Elevation	154 ft (47 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	476
• Density	19/sq mi (7.5/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	04623
Area code(s)	207
FIPS code	23-13820
GNIS feature ID	0582415

Columbia Falls is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 476 at the 2020 census.

History
Geography
Demographics
- 2010 census
Sites of interest
Notable people
See also

History

The town began as Township 13 SD, BPP, which was joined together with Township 12 by the Massachusetts General Court on February 8, 1796 and incorporated as Columbia. It was settled soon after the Revolutionary War. On March 25, 1863, the town was set off from Columbia and incorporated as Columbia Falls.

Lumbering and shipbuilding brought the town prosperity and endowed it with some fine early architecture. This includes the Ruggles House (1818–1820), an exquisite Federal home that is now a museum, and the Union Church (1849), a Greek Revival meeting house which since 1902 has housed the town hall, library and archives. The Washington County Railroad arrived at Columbia Falls in 1898. Tourism and harvesting blueberries are important industries today, together with producing Christmas trees and wreaths.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 24.67 square miles (63.90 km²), of which, 24.55 square miles (63.58 km²) of it is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km²) is water. Columbia Falls is drained by the Pleasant River.

The town is crossed by U.S. Route 1 and Maine State Route 187.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1870	608	—
1880	685	12.7%
1890	698	1.9%
1900	569	−18.5%
1910	663	16.5%
1920	658	−0.8%
1930	583	−11.4%
1940	596	2.2%
1950	550	−7.7%
1960	442	−19.6%
1970	367	−17.0%
1980	517	40.9%
1990	552	6.8%
2000	599	8.5%
2010	560	−6.5%
2020	476	−15.0%
U.S. Decennial Census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 560 people, 257 households, and 157 families living in the town. The population density was 22.8 inhabitants per square mile (8.8/km²). There were 301 housing units at an average density of 12.3 per square mile (4.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.5% White, 0.4% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population.

There were 257 households, of which 23.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.9% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.71.

The median age in the town was 46 years. 18.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.4% were from 25 to 44; 32.5% were from 45 to 64; and 18.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.

Sites of interest

Ruggles House
Union Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Bucknam House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Samuel Bucknam House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Columbia House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Notable people

F. Eugene Farnsworth, Ku Klux Klan organizer
Irv Young, professional baseball player

Columbia Falls, Maine facts for kids

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