Aroostook County - Fort Kent, Houlton, Presque Isle, Linneus, Madawaska, Estcourt Station, Caribou, 10th Mountain Center, Limestone (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Aroostook County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. In 2000, its population was 73,938. It is the largest county in the state. Its seat is Houlton. In land area, Aroostook County is the largest U.S. county east of the Mississippi River. Among residents of Maine, it is often referred to simply as "The County." As Maine's northernmost county, its northernmost town, Estcourt Station, is therefore also the northernmost town of New England and of the continental U.S. east of the Great Lakes. Aroostook County is known for its potato crops, as well as its French culture. In the northernmost region of the county, which borders Madawaska County, New Brunswick, many of the residents are bilingual. The county is an emerging hub for wind power. Aroostook County was founded in 1839. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 6,829 square miles (17,686 km), of which 6,672 square miles (17,279 km) is land and 157 square miles (407 km) (2.30%) is water. Aroostook County is about the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. The county has gone for the Democratic Presidential candidate in the last five elections, but often not with more than 50% of the vote. In the Maine Senate, the county's delegation includes six Democrats and five Republicans. In 2009 it voted 73% in favor of a referendum rejecting same-sex marriage and 54% against the Maine Medical Marijuana Act. Politicians of Aroostook County, Maine, have proposed spinning off the county as its own state, probably named Aroostook, since the 1990s. As recently as 2005 the question has been brought up before the state assembly. As of the census of 2000, there were 73,938 people, 30,356 households, and 20,429 families residing in the county. The population density was 11 people per square mile (4/km). There were 38,719 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile (2/km). The racial makeup ...http://booksllc.net/?l=de