Sanford

former census-designated place in Sanford, Maine, United States
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q3887931
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Sanford

Summary

Sanford is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. Sanford ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sanford is located in York County[3].
  • Sanford is located in Sanford[4].
  • Sanford is in the country of United States[5].
  • Sanford's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.44, 'lon': -70.7803}[6].
  • Sanford has a population of {'amount': '+9761'}[7].
  • Sanford has a population of {'amount': '+21982'}[8].
  • Sanford's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+8760'}[9].
  • Sanford sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+91'}[10].
  • Sanford covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13.472063'}[11].
  • Sanford's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+1.6934'}[12].
  • Sanford's per capita income is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+30386'}[13].

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Geography

Sanford is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include York County[3], a county of Maine[14], in United States[15], founded in 1636[16] and Sanford[4], a city in the United States[17], in United States[18], founded in 1739[19].

Physical Characteristics

Sanford covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13.472063'}[11]. Sanford sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+91'}[10]. Population counts include {'amount': '+9761'}[7] and {'amount': '+21982'}[8].

Why It Matters

Sanford ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2] Sanford is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Country United States
    Coordinate location {'lat': 43.44, 'lon': -70.7803}
    Water as percent of area {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+1.6934'}
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