Wells

town in York County, Maine, United States

Place New England Town Q2446241

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of: New England town
Inception: 1643^[6]
Official website: www.wellstown.org^[8]
Official name: Wells^[12]

Location

Country: United States^[3]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 43.320°, -70.612°^[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: York County^[2]

Population and size

Area: +73.61^[15]
Elevation above sea level: +54^[14]
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Population: 9.6k (9.4k–11k, n=3)^[9]^[10]^[11]

Codes

Local dialing code: 207^[5]
Postal code: 04090^[4]

More facts +2

Number of households: +4525^[13]
Per capita income: +40315^[16]

🏷️ Also known as

en Wells, Maine en Wells en Wells Beach Station en Wells, ME el Ουελς es Wells (Maine) ja ウェルズ nl Wells Beach Station ru Уэллс uk Веллс zh 威爾斯 zh 緬因威爾斯鎮 zh 韦尔斯 zh-hans 威尔斯

🔖 Identifiers · 21

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300S738J77XF38Z68
VIAF cluster ID: 138579939
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n2004083704
GND ID: 1152028170
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Wells maine municipal office building 2006.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID: 40917
Curlie ID: Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Localities/W/Wells/
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US): 23-81475
Freebase ID: /m/01_lyqq
GNIS Feature ID: 582799, 577998
GeoNames ID: 4982390, 4982394
J9U entity ID: 987007475830405171

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MusicBrainz area ID: 4bb1aa92-c829-4834-807c-34d113b250ea
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 2021560
PermID: 5035891733
Quora topic ID: Wells-ME
Topic's main category: Category:Wells, Maine
UN/LOCODE: USWZM
Who's on First ID: 1125794265, 1125830291
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJjtfgWDhf9rwVX8M39kXd
Yale LUX ID: place/1be66a90-2152-480a-9a8a-643a90b6e3bc

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🔗 Connections

People born here 2

Daniel W. Gooch, George Barrell Emerson

Country 1

United States

Instance of 1

New England town

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

York County

Located in time zone 1

Eastern Time Zone

Topic's main category 1

Category:Wells, Maine

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Category:Wells, Maine

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

York County

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Summary

Wells is a New England town^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Wells — country (P17): United States. Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved 2024-09-17. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Wells — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): York County. Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Wells — postal code (P281): 04090. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Wells — local dialing code (P473): 207. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Wells — inception (P571): 1643. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Wells — coordinate location (P625): {'lat': 43.320277777778, 'lon': -70.611666666667}. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Wells — official website (P856): http://www.wellstown.org/. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Wells — population (P1082): {'amount': '+9400'}. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Wells — population (P1082): {'amount': '+11314'}. 2020 United States Census. Retrieved 2022-01-01. data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Wells — population (P1082): {'amount': '+9589'}. 2010 United States Census. Retrieved 2022-05-10. data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Wells — official name (P1448): {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wells'}. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Wells — number of households (P1538): {'amount': '+4525'}. 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved 2022-05-05. data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Wells — elevation above sea level (P2044): 54 m. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Wells — area (P2046): 73.61 square mile. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Wells — per capita income (P10622): 40315 US dollars. 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved 2022-04-29. data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Wells is an instance of New England town (Q2154459) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Located in the administrative territorial entity → York County

Inception → 1643

GND ID → 1152028170

Area → 73.61 square mile

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