Hermon at a glance

Population: 5,256

2005-06 town valuation: $317,097,000

2005 mill rate: $14.25 per $1,000 valuation

Total acres: 21,995

Residences: 1,859

Businesses: more than 200

Number of subdivisions: 33

Total school pupil-student population: approximately 1,200

Hermon Elementary School: built in phases, complete renovation in 2002

Hermon Middle School: built in phases beginning in 1950s, currently undergoing renovation

Hermon High School: built in 1995

Business-industrial parks: Freedom Park, Liberty Drive Business Park, Pinewood Business Park, Coldbrook Business Park

Recreation: Hermon Mountain, golf course, three campgrounds, Jackson Beach, skeet club, snowmobile club, stock car racetrack

National Register of Historic Places: District No. 5 School House, restored one-room schoolhouse on Billings Road.

Rescue Services: Hermon Fire Department, Hermon Volunteer Rescue Squad (not a town entity) and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department contract deputies