Blue Hill (CDP), Maine explained

Official Name:Blue Hill, Maine
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Maine#USA
Pushpin Label:Blue Hill
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Maine
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hancock
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:Blue Hill
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:12.21
Area Land Km2:12.19
Area Water Km2:0.02
Area Total Sq Mi:4.72
Area Land Sq Mi:4.71
Area Water Sq Mi:0.01
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:963
Population Density Km2:79.00
Population Density Sq Mi:204.59
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation M:8.3
Elevation Ft:27
Coordinates:44.4136°N -68.5867°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:04614
Area Code:207
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:23-05665
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2630697

Blue Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Blue Hill in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The CDP population was 943 as per the 2010 census,[2] out of a population of 2,686 in the town of Blue Hill as a whole.

Geography

The Blue Hill CDP consists of the main village, within the town of Blue Hill. The CDP is located at the geographic center of the town, surrounding the head of Blue Hill Harbor, an arm of Blue Hill Bay. The CDP extends south along Route 175 as far as Bragdon Brook, just north of Blue Hill Falls; southwest along Routes 15 and 176 as far as Grindleville Road; west along Route 177 (Union Street) to Field House Lane; northwest along Route 15 past Mountain Road to the southern slopes of Blue Hill; northeast along Route 172 past Mountain Road; and east along Route 176 to Peters Cove and Little Peters Brook. The 285m (935feet) summit of Blue Hill is just outside the CDP to the north.[3]

Ellsworth is northeast of Blue Hill via Route 172, Bucksport is to the northwest via Route 15, and the village of Deer Isle is south via Route 15.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 12.2sqkm, of which 0.02sqkm, or 0.19%, are water.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. April 8, 2022.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Blue Hill CDP, Maine. U.S. Census Bureau. American Factfinder. July 10, 2017.
  3. Web site: TIGERweb: Blue Hill CDP. Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau. July 10, 2017.