Presque Isle
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city in Maine, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- County
- Aroostook
- Incorporated town
- April 4, 1859
- Incorporated city
- January 1, 1940
- Total
- 77.60 sq mi (200.99 km )
- Land
- 75.78 sq mi (196.27 km )
- Water
- 1.82 sq mi (4.72 km )
- Elevation
- 637 ft (194 m)
- Density
- 116.1/sq mi (44.82/km )
- Demonym
- Presqueillian
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip code
- 04769
- Fips code
- 23-60825
- Website
- presqueislemaine.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Presque Isle
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Aroostook County
- Population
- 8797
- Area
- 200.987133
- Elevation
- 139
- Official website
- presqueislemaine.gov
- Image
- City of Presque Isle, Maine Montage.jpg
- Households
- 4243
- Dialing code
- 207
- Licence plate code
- 207
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- Commons category
- Presque Isle, Maine
- topic's main category
- Category:Presque Isle, Maine
- postal code
- 04769
- native label
- Presque Isle
- inception
- 1859-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Presque Isle, Maine
- P8168
- Vier gegen Z
- water as percent of area
- 2.3767
- per capita income
- 27134
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Presque Isle (/prɛsk/ PRESK) is the commercial center and largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,797 at the 2020 Census. The city is home to the University of Maine at Presque Isle, Northern Maine Community College, Northern Maine Fairgrounds, the Aroostook Centre Mall, and the Presque Isle International Airport.
Presque Isle is the headquarters of the Mi'kmaq Nation, a federally recognized tribe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Presque Isle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.