Piscataquis County

administration
US state :	Maine
Administrative headquarters :	Dover-Foxcroft
Foundation :
Demographics
Residents :	17,535  (2010)
Population density :	1.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	11,337 km²
Water surface :	1065 km²
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Piscataquis County is a county in the state of Maine in the United States . Piscataquis County is the least densely populated part of Maine. The county seat, Shire Town, is Dover-Foxcroft . Piscataquis comes from the Abenaki language and means arm of the river .

geography

The Mount Katahdin , the highest mountain in Maine

According to the US Census Bureau , the county has a total area of ​​11,337 square kilometers. Of this, 1,065 square kilometers, or 9.39 percent, are water areas.

The county has Maine's highest mountain within its boundaries: Mount Katahdin at 1,606 m (5273 feet ) above sea level. Mount Katadin is also the centerpiece of Baxter State Park , a vast wildlife sanctuary that bears around 80,000 visitors annually and stretches across the border with Penobscot County. The Appalachian Trail also begins on Mount Katadin, more precisely: on the highest of its three peaks .

The landscape, shaped by the Ice Age, is not only shaped by the Appalachian mountain ranges , which rise on average between 700 and 800 meters high, but also by large lake plateaus. The largest lakes are Pemadumcook Lake , Moosehead Lake , Chamberlain Lake, and Chesuxcook Lake . Transport connections are little developed. In addition to the few overland roads, river boats and airplanes are the most important means of transport. Only in the flatter south of the county, where the administrative center is located, are there fixed train connections with passenger transport; in the rest of the county, rich in forests, there are almost exclusively industrial railways for timber transport.

Most of the villages that are widely distributed in the area are correspondingly small. They are often no larger than 200 to 300 inhabitants. Some of these places therefore merged into larger administrative units, but without losing their independence. The largest of these administrative units is the "Three Rivers Community Alliance", which brings together eight towns with a population of 43 to 2,383 inhabitants (the latter is Milo , the second largest town in the county). The county is bordered clockwise by the counties: Aroostook County , Penobscot County, and Somerset County .

history

55 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 11, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1840	13,138		-
1850	14,735		12.2%
1860	15,032		2%
1870	14,403		-4.2%
1880	14,872		3.3%
1890	16,134		8.5%
1900	16,949		5.1%
1910	19,887		17.3%
1920	20,554		3.4%
1930	18,231		-11.3%
1940	18,467		1.3%
1950	18,617		0.8%
1960	17,379		-6.6%
1970	16,285		-6.3%
1980	17,634		8.3%
1990	18,653		5.8%
2000	17,235		-7.6%
2010	17,535		1.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Piscataquis County (as of 2000)

Part of Baxter State Park

The Saddleback Mountain

The Traveler Mountain

Aerial view of Mount Katahdin

The county had a population of 17,235 as of the 2000 census . There were 7,278 households and 4,854 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.84% White, 0.21% African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, and 0.14% other races Groups; 1.00% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.52% of the population.

Of the 7,278 households, 28.60% had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.10% were married couples living together, 8.40% were single mothers. 33.30% were not families. 27.80% are single households and 14.00% have someone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.83 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.40% residents under 18 years of age, 5.70% between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.00% between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.50% between 45 and 64 years of age 17.40% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.40 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 95.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 28,250 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,852. Males had a median income of $ 28,149 versus $ 20,241 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,374. 14.80% of the population and 11.20% of families are below the poverty line. 17.80% of them were under 18 years of age and 13.90% were 65 years of age or older.

cities and communes

Piscataquis County is divided into 18 administrative units; in this county there is no City's , but 16 as are Town and 2 as Plantation organized. One area is a Survey Township and there are 5 Unorganized Territories . The youngest of these is the former town of Atkinson, which was disorganized on July 1, 2019.

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Abbot	Town	714	92.5	89.4	8.0	January 13, 1827
Beaver Cove	Town	122	84.7	82.5	1.5	January 31, 1978
Bow bench	Town	116	122.7	108.5	1.1	March 4, 1839
Brownville	Town	1,250	115.6	114.0	11.0	February 2, 1824
Dover-Foxcroft	Town	4.213	184.4	175.6	24.0	February 29, 1812	Shire Town of the County
Greenville	Town	1,146	119.5	109.6	15.0	February 26, 1836
Guilford	Town	1,521	92.5	90.3	16.8	February 8, 1816
Kingsbury	Plantation	28	115.6	114.3	0.2	March 22, 1836	Kingsbury lost town status in 1886 and was organized as a plantation in 1887
Lake View	Plantation	89	137.7	107.4	0.4	June 16, 1892
Medford	Town	254	111.8	109.6	2.3	January 31, 1824
Milo	Town	2,340	88.0	85.4	27.4	January 21, 1823
Monson	Town	686	127.2	121.2	5.7	February 8, 1822
Parkman	Town	843	119.3	117.2	7.2	January 29, 1822
Sangerville	Town	1,343	102.9	99.5	13.5	June 16, 1814
Sebec	Town	630	98.1	95.2	6.6	February 28, 1812
Shirley	Town	233	140.2	138.1	1.7	March 4, 1834
Wellington	Town	260	103.4	103.2	2.5	February 23, 1828
Willimantic	Town	150	124.1	111.8	1.4	February 22, 1881

Census-designated places

• Dover-Foxcroft (CDP) (2,592)
• Greenville (CDP) (1,319)
• Guilford (CDP) (945)
• Milo (CDP) (1,898)

Unorganized Territory

• Atkinson (326)
• Blanchard (83)
• Southeast Piscataquis (254)
• Northeast Piscataquis (347)
• Northwest Piscataquis (159)

Survey townships

• T1-R9 WELS (0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 581296. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 11, 2017.
3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 
6. ↑ Plans being finalized for Atkinson to join the Unorganized Territory ( Memento from July 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
8. ^ Official website of the Maine administration

Web links

Commons : Piscataquis County, Maine  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce
• Three Rivers Community Alliance

Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′  N , 69 ° 18 ′  W