Hibberts Gore (also called Hibberts) is a
gore
Gore may refer to:
Places Australia
* Gore, Queensland
* Gore Creek (New South Wales)
* Gore Island (Queensland)
Canada
* Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community
* Gore, Quebec, a township municipality
* Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manitouli ...
in
Lincoln County,
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
, United States. The gore's population was one as of the 2020
United States Census.
History
Ignored by the surveyors who mapped Maine, it remained unincorporated as the rest of the state was divided into
cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
,
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
, and
plantations
A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...
.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the ...
, Hibberts Gore has a total area of 0.752 sq mi (1.95 km
2), of which 0.745 sq mi (1.93 km
2) is land and 0.007 sq mi (0.02 km
2), or 0.9%, is water.
The water is primarily wetlands, part of
Sheepscot Pond
Sheepscot Pond (also called Sheepscot Lake) is the third-largest lake in Waldo County, Maine. It is in the township of Palermo, on the western edge of Waldo County.
The lake has a maximum depth of 150 feet with well-oxygenated water. It contains ...
, which is the headwaters of
Sheepscot River
The Sheepscot River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 22, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Maine. Its lower portion is a complex island estuary with connections to ...
.
Demographics
As of the
Census of 2020, there was 1 person, 1 household, and 0 families in Hibberts Gore.
See also
*
Monowi, Nebraska
Monowi ( ) is an incorporated village in Boyd County, Nebraska, United States. It garnered national and international recognition after the 2010 United States census counted only one resident of the village, Elsie Eiler. Though the 2020 censu ...
– an incorporated village with a population of one.
References
External links
Maine Genealogy: Hibberts Gore, Lincoln County, Maine
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Unorganized territories in Maine
Populated places in Lincoln County, Maine