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www .aroostook .me .us. Aroostook County ( / əˈruːstək / ə-ROO-stək; French: Comté d'Aroostook) is a county in the U.S. state of Maine along the Canada–United States border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,105. [3] The county seat is Houlton, [4] with offices in Caribou and Fort Kent.
Aroostook (/ ə ˈ r uː s t ʊ k / ə-ROO-stuuk) is a former village in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023. It held village status prior to 2023. It is now part of the village of Southern Victoria .
The Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum is located at 109 Main Street, in the White Memorial Building, in Houlton, Maine. The museum was founded in 1937, after the building, a handsome 1903 Colonial Revival house, was donated to the town by the White family. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
Aroostook State Park is public recreation area within the southern municipal boundary of the city of Presque Isle in Aroostook County, Maine. The state park's 898 acres (363 ha) encompass Quaggy Jo Mountain and sit adjacent to Echo Lake. "Quaggy Jo" is an altered version of the mountain's Native American name, "Qua Qua Jo", which means "twin ...
The Acadian Village is a museum of Acadian heritage on United States Route 1 in Van Buren, Maine.The museum includes a complex of six historic buildings (five authentic 19th-century structures, one a careful modern reproduction) in which the life and work of 19th-century French-Americans is showcased; this complex has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Northwest Aroostook is an unorganized territory in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.The population was 12 at the 2020 census.. Geography. According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 2,669.2 square miles (6,913.2 km 2), of which 2,629.4 square miles (6,810.1 km 2) is land and 39.8 square miles (103.2 km 2), or 1.49%, is water.
There are 57 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark. Eight properties were once listed, but have since been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted July 28, 2023. [2]
Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge is located on part of the former Loring Air Force Base, in Aroostook County, Maine. It was established in 1998, when 4,700 acres (19 km 2) were transferred from the United States Air Force to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. This refuge also administers some 2,400 acres (970 ha) of wetland ...