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Place Name
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Aroostook County
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Pronunciation
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uh-ROOS-tuk
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Houlton
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Population
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86,936 (1990)
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Location
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Maine, United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°38'N
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Longitude
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68°35'W
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Aroostook
(uh-ROOS-tuk), largest county (
6,829 sq mi/17,687 sq km; 1990
pop. 86,936) in Maine, bordering on Que. and N.B., Canada; 
Houlton; 46°38'N 68°35'W. One of nation's richest agr. areas, esp.
for potatoes. Large tracts of lake-studded wilderness furnish lumber
and offer hunting, fishing, canoeing; manganese deposits; mfg.
(wood prods., farm machinery, food prods., fertilizers). Drained by
Allagash, Aroostook, Fish, Little Madawaska, Machias, Mattawamkeag,
Meduxnekeag, and St. John rivers. Formed 1839.
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