Aroostook County, Maine

Founding: 1839
Parent counties: Penobscot and Washington
Namesake: The Aroostook River
Seat: Houlton (1839–)
Land area: 6,671 square miles
Population (2020): 67,105
Population (historic): 9,413 (1840); 22,479 (1860); 41,700 (1880); 60,744 (1900); 87,843 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1950s
Subdivisions: Two cities; 15 CDPs; seven territories; 53 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,140 (22.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 56%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,965
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,956

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 6,741
Average farm size (1920): 66.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Maine, Canada, and Sweden
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Houlton

 
Namesake: Joseph Houlton, owner of the town site
Founding: 1807 (founding); 1826 (post office); 1831 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 6,055
Population (historic): 115 (1820); 1,453 (1850); 2,850 (1870); 4,686 (1900); 6,865 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1820–1840; 1850–1910; 1920–1940
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,051 (35.9%)
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