Official website (http://www.houlton-maine.com/)
Houlton
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town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- County
- Aroostook
- Incorporated
- March 8, 1831
- Villages
- Houlton , Carys Mills
- Total
- 36.73 sq mi (95.13 km )
- Land
- 36.71 sq mi (95.08 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km )
- Elevation
- 400 ft (120 m)
- Density
- 165/sq mi (63.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 04730, 04761
- Fips code
- 23-33980
- Website
- www.houlton-maine.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Town of Houlton, Maine
A service center community, Houlton offers full time police, fire and ambulance service, an excellent community hospital, municipal water and sewer, and one of the lowest electric rates in New England.
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Encyclopedic overview
Houlton is a town in and the county seat of Aroostook County, Maine, United States, on the Canada–United States border. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 6,055. It is perhaps best known for being at the northern terminus of Interstate 95 and as the birthplace of Samantha Smith, a goodwill ambassador as a child during the Cold War. The town hosts the annual Houlton Agricultural Fair.
Its nickname is the "Shire Town". The Houlton High School sports teams are named "The Shiretowners". The Meduxnekeag River flows through the heart of the town, and the border with the Canadian province of New Brunswick is 3 mi (4.8 km) east of the town's center. Houlton was the home of Ricker College, which closed in 1978.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Houlton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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