Aroostook County
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Aroostook County is a county located in Maine in the northeastern United States. It is the largest county by area east of the Mississippi River and has historically been an important agricultural and timber-producing region.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- Founded
- May 1, 1839
- Named after
- Miꞌkmaq word meaning "beautiful water"
- Seat
- Houlton
- Largest city
- Presque Isle
- Total
- 6,828 sq mi (17,680 km )
- Land
- 6,671 sq mi (17,280 km )
- Water
- 156 sq mi (400 km ) 2.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 66,609
- Density
- 10.06/sq mi (3.884/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
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Aroostook County (/əˈruːstək, -ˈrʊs-/ ə-ROOSS-tək, -RUUSS-; French: Comté d'Aroostook) is the northernmost county in the U.S. state of Maine. It is located along the Canada–United States border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,105. The county seat is Houlton, with offices in Caribou and Fort Kent.
Known in Maine as "The County", it is the largest county in Maine by total area, the second-largest in the United States east of the Mississippi River by total area (behind St. Louis County, Minnesota), and the 31st-largest county in the entire contiguous U.S. With over 6,800 square miles (18,000 km) of land, it is larger than three of the smallest U.S. states. The state's northernmost village, Estcourt Station, is also the northernmost community in the New England region and in the contiguous United States east of the Great Lakes.