Welcome to Bangor ...The city of Bangor is located in Penobscot County<1> and is the County Seat for Penobscot County. The pronunciation of Bangor: BANG-gor<2> Bangor was established in 1791. When the people of Bangor refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Bangorean<3> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Bangor has a population of 32,098 people<4> (see below for details). The community of Bangor is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Bangor lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Bangor: 207 The ZIP codes for Bangor: 04401-04402<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Bangor had an population of 32,098 people. This is a decrease of 2.85% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 1.99% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Bangor had a population of 33,039 people (or 21.47% of the total population of Penobscot County). This makes Bangor the county's most populous community. The population of Bangor represents 2.49% of the total population of Maine (which has 1,328,361 people), making it the state's 3rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 33,039 people, the population of Bangor increased 4.98% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 31,473 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Bangor. Communities Also Named Bangor ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Bangor - they are located in Alabama, California, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bangor. Websites for Bangor ...Official Website: www.bgrme.com/ Chamber of Commerce: www.bangorregion.com/ Junior League: www.jlbangor.com/ Communities near Bangor ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bangor.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bangor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bangor. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bangor. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bangor. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bangor. Our list includes 88 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Bangor. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bangor ...Looking for more information about Bangor? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Bangor, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bangor. Adding Bangor to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bangor in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bangor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bangor. Footnotes ...
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