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Houlton

Official website (http://www.houlton-maine.com/)

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Also known as Houlton, Maine, Houlton, ME

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

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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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Wikidata facts

Official name
Houlton
Population
6055
Area
95.13
Elevation
119
Body of water
Meduxnekeag River
Official website
www.houlton-maine.com
Image
North Side Market Square, Houlton, ME.jpg
Households
2420
Dialing code
207
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Category:Houlton, Maine
Commons category
Houlton, Maine
category of associated people
Category:People from Houlton, Maine
postal code
04730
inception
1807-00-00
per capita income
26971
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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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