Piscataquis County is a
county
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located in the
U.S. state
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of
Maine
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. As of the
2020 census, its population was 16,800, making it Maine's least-populous
county
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. Its
county seat
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is
Dover-Foxcroft.
The county was incorporated on March 23, 1838, taken from the western part of
Penobscot County and the eastern part of
Somerset County. It is named for an
Abenaki
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word meaning "branch of the river" or "at the river branch."
It is located at the geographic center of Maine. Originally it extended north to the
Canada–US border, but in 1844 its northern portion was annexed by
Aroostook County. In land area, Piscataquis is one of the largest U.S. counties east of the
Mississippi River
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. It is also one of two counties in the Northeast (and seven counties east of the Mississippi River) that meet
Frederick Jackson Turner
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's requirements for "frontier" country – that is, having fewer than six inhabitants per square mile, the other being
Hamilton County, New York.
Baxter State Park
Baxter State Park is a large wilderness area permanently preserved as a state park in Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County in north-central Maine, United States. It is in the North Maine Woods region and borders the Katahdin Woods and Wat ...
, a large wilderness preserve, is located in Piscataquis County.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (9.5%) is water.
It is the second-largest
county
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in Maine by area. The largest lake in the county is
Moosehead Lake at . The highest natural point in the county and the state of Maine is
Mount Katahdin
Mount Katahdin ( ) is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Maine at . Named Katahdin, which means "Great Mountain", by the Penobscot Native Americans, it is within Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County, and is the centerpiece of Bax ...
at 5,271 feet (1,606 meters), while the geographic center is Greeley Landing in the Town of Dover-Foxcroft.
Adjacent counties
*
Aroostook County – north
*
Penobscot County – southeast
*
Somerset County – west
Demographics
2000 census
As of the
2000 census,
there were 17,235 people, 7,278 households, and 4,854 families residing in the county. The
population density
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was 4 people per square mile (2/km
2). There were 13,783 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile (1/km
2). The racial makeup of the county was 97.84%
White
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, 0.21%
Black
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or
African American
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, 0.52%
Native American, 0.27%
Asian, 0.02%
Pacific Islander
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, 0.14% from
other races
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* Other (philosophy), a concept in psychology and philosophy
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, and 1.00% from two or more races. 0.52% of the population were
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties forme ...
or
Latino of any race. 23.6% were of
English, 16.4%
French, 15.3%
United States
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or American and 11.5%
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
ancestry according to
Census 2000
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. 96.9% spoke
English and 2.0%
French as their first language.
There were 7,278 households, out of which 28.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.10% were
married couples living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.30% were non-families. 27.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.83.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.40% under the age of 18, 5.70% from 18 to 24, 26.00% from 25 to 44, 27.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.20 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $28,250, and the median income for a family was $34,852. Males had a median income of $28,149 versus $20,241 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the county was $14,374. About 11.20% of families and 14.80% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 17.80% of those under age 18 and 13.90% of those age 65 or over.
2010 census
As of the
2010 United States census
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, there were 17,535 people, 7,825 households, and 4,948 families residing in the county.
The population density was . There were 15,340 housing units at an average density of .
The racial makeup of the county was 96.9% white, 0.7% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, 0.3% black or African American, 0.3% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.0% of the population.
In terms of ancestry, 21.4% were
English, 16.5% were
Irish
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* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
, 13.6% were
American, 8.7% were
German, 5.5% were
Scottish, and 5.3% were
French Canadian.
Of the 7,825 households, 23.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 36.8% were non-families, and 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.70. The median age was 48.1 years.
The median income for a household in the county was $34,016 and the median income for a family was $43,821. Males had a median income of $34,575 versus $28,014 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,870. About 12.3% of families and 16.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 24.9% of those under age 18 and 12.6% of those age 65 or over.
Religion
Piscataquis County has one of the lowest rates of religious adherence in the United States. The county ranks at 3,085 of 3,148 counties (lowest 2%), with 20.5% of the population regularly attending congregations or claiming religious membership.
In Maine, Piscataquis County ranks tenth of the 16 counties in percentage of religious adherents. The State of Maine has the lowest percentage of religious adherents in the United States at 27%.
Government and politics
County officials
The following individuals hold county offices:
* Interim County Manager: Tom Lizotte
* County Treasurer: Johanna Greenfield
* Mayor: Paul Paydos
* Finance Administrator: Kathy Walsh
* Sheriff: Robert Young
* EMA Director: Tom Capraro
* Probate Register: Donna Peterson
* Deeds Register: Linda Smith
* District Attorney: R. Chris Almy
* DA Administrative Assistant: Corinna Rackliff
* Head of Maintenance: Josh York
* Judge of Probate: James R.Austin
County Commissioners and Districts
Piscataquis County is administered by three County Commissioners, each representing one of the three county districts. They are elected for four-year terms. A term of office begins on January 1 following the election in November. County Commissioner meetings are typically held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month at the County Courthouse in
Dover-Foxcroft. The meetings begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue until the agenda for the meeting has been addressed.
County Commissioners:
District 1:Eric P. Ward
District 2:James D. Annis
District 3:Frederick Trask
County Districts:
District 1 includes the towns of
Abbot
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,
Beaver Cove,
Greenville,
Guilford,
Kingsbury Plt,
Monson,
Parkman,
Shirley
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Arts and entertainment
* ''Shirley'' (novel), an 1849 novel by Charlotte Brontë
* ''Shirley'' (1922 film), a British silent film
* ''Shirley'' (2020 film), an American film
* ''Shirley'' (album), a 1961 album by Shirley Bas ...
,
Wellington
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and the Unorganized Territories of
Blanchard, Elliotsville and
Northwest Piscataquis.
District 2 includes the towns of
Dover-Foxcroft,
Sangerville and
Willimantic.
District 3 includes the towns of
Bowerbank,
Brownville,
Lake View Plt,
Medford,
Milo
Milo may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Milo'' (magazine), a strength sports magazine
*'' Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze'', a 2011 children's novel by Alan Silberberg
* ''Milo'' (video game), a first-person adventure-puzzle computer ga ...
,
Sebec and the Unorganized Territories of
Atkinson Atkinson may refer to:
Places
*Atkinson, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Atkinson, Dominica, a village in Dominica
*Atkinson, Illinois, U.S.
* Atkinson, Indiana, U.S.
*Atkinson, Maine, U.S.
*Atkinson Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S.
*Atkinson, Nebraska, U. ...
, Barnard, Ebeeme, Katahdin Iron Works,
Orneville, Williamsburg and
Northeast Piscataquis
County.
Voter registration
Elections
County Commissioner
In the 2012 Piscataquis County Commissioner District 2 election, Republican candidate James Annis received 52% of the vote. Democratic candidate Susan Mackey-Andrews received 48%. In the District 3 election, Republican incumbent Frederick Trask received 50.2% (1,282 votes) and Democratic candidate Donald Crossman received 49.8% (1,271 votes) – a difference of 11 votes, confirmed after a recount.
Governor
In the
Maine gubernatorial election, 2010, Republican candidate
Paul LePage
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received the most votes in Piscataquis County with 48.4%. Three Independent candidates ran in this election:
Eliot Cutler received the second most Piscatquis votes with 36.5% of the total, Shawn Moody received 3.1% and Kevin Scott, 1%. Democratic candidate,
Libby Mitchell received the third most votes in the county with 10.9% of the total.
Paul LePage
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was elected governor.
In the
Maine gubernatorial election, 2006, Republican candidate
Chandler Woodcock received the most votes in Piscataquis County with 37.7%. Democratic candidate, incumbent governor
John Baldacci
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During h ...
received 34.5%. Independent candidate
Barbara Merrill received 19.7%, Green party candidate
Pat LaMarche
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received 7.4%, and Phillip Morris NaPier received .63% of the Piscataquis vote.
John Baldacci
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During h ...
was reelected governor.
In the
Maine gubernatorial election, 2002
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, Democratic candidate
John Baldacci
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During h ...
received the most votes in Piscataquis County with 50.4%. Republican candidate
Peter Cianchette
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received 42.9% of the county vote and Green Party candidate,
Jonathan Carter received 5.1%.
John Baldacci
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During h ...
was elected governor.
In the
Maine gubernatorial election, 1998
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, Independent candidate
Angus King received the most votes in Piscataquis County with 50.2%. Republican candidate
James Longley, Jr. received 26.6%, Democratic candidate
Tom Connolly
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received 10.7%. Other candidates split 12.5% of the vote.
Angus King was elected governor.
US House
Piscataquis County is entirely within
Maine's 2nd congressional district
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, which comprises 80% of the state and is the largest district by land area east of the Mississippi River.
In the
, incumbent Democratic candidate
Michael Michaud
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received the most Piscataquis County votes with 53% of the total. Republican candidate,
Kevin Raye
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received 47%.
Michael Michaud
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was reelected to the House.
US Senate
In the
United States Senate election in Maine, 2012, Independent candidate and former Maine governor,
Angus King received the most votes in Piscataquis County with 45.7% of the vote. Republican candidate,
Charlie Summers received 40.1% and Democratic candidate
Cynthia Dill received 10.4%. Stephen M. Woods received 136 votes, Andrew I. Dodge received 126 votes and Danny F. Dalton, 76 votes.
Angus King was elected to the Senate.
President
In the
2012 United States presidential election
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, Republican candidate
Mitt Romney received the most votes in Piscataquis County with 50.6%. Democratic incumbent
Barack Obama
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received 46.3%. Libertarian candidate
Gary Johnson
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received 1.5% and Green Independent candidate
Jill Stein
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received 1.24%. There were a total of 30 "write in" votes; 29 of these were for
Ron Paul and 1 for
Rocky Anderson
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.
Barack Obama
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was reelected President.
Since 2000, Piscataquis County has generally been the most reliably Republican county in Maine, and New England. In
2008
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, Piscataquis was the only county in New England to vote for
John McCain, by a margin of 355 votes or 3.8% over
Barack Obama
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, with Obama winning Maine by a 17.3% margin over McCain. In 2012, Piscataquis was only one of 5 counties in New England to support Republican candidate
Mitt Romney. Republican candidate Donald Trump carried the county in 2016 while greatly improving on Romney's performance. He won it again in 2020 with 62% of the vote, marking the first time a Republican presidential candidate won Piscataquis County with over 60% of the vote since Ronald Reagan in 1984.
In
2004, the county was one of only two in Maine to vote for Bush over
John Kerry
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. Bush won by a 9% margin over Kerry, with Kerry winning the state by a virtually even margin over Bush.
In the
2000 U.S. presidential election,
George W. Bush
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carried the county by an 11.9% margin over
Al Gore
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, with Gore carrying the state by a 5.1% margin over Bush.
In
1996,
Bill Clinton
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carried the county with 48.7% of the vote, the first Democrat to do so since
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Janu ...
.
In the
1992 presidential election, independent
Ross Perot won a plurality 36.8% in the county, one of three counties he won in the state.
1992 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Maine
U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
Communities
Towns
* Abbot
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* Beaver Cove
* Bowerbank
* Brownville
* Dover-Foxcroft (county seat)
* Greenville
* Guilford
* Medford
* Milo
Milo may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Milo'' (magazine), a strength sports magazine
*'' Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze'', a 2011 children's novel by Alan Silberberg
* ''Milo'' (video game), a first-person adventure-puzzle computer ga ...
* Monson
* Parkman
* Sangerville
* Sebec
* Shirley
Shirley may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Shirley'' (novel), an 1849 novel by Charlotte Brontë
* ''Shirley'' (1922 film), a British silent film
* ''Shirley'' (2020 film), an American film
* ''Shirley'' (album), a 1961 album by Shirley Bas ...
* Wellington
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* Willimantic
Plantations
* Kingsbury Plantation
* Lake View Plantation
Census-designated places
* Dover-Foxcroft
* Greenville
* Guilford
* Milo
Milo may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Milo'' (magazine), a strength sports magazine
*'' Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze'', a 2011 children's novel by Alan Silberberg
* ''Milo'' (video game), a first-person adventure-puzzle computer ga ...
Survey Townships
* T1-R9 WELS
Unorganized territories
* Atkinson Atkinson may refer to:
Places
*Atkinson, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Atkinson, Dominica, a village in Dominica
*Atkinson, Illinois, U.S.
* Atkinson, Indiana, U.S.
*Atkinson, Maine, U.S.
*Atkinson Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S.
*Atkinson, Nebraska, U. ...
* Blanchard
* Southeast Piscataquis
* Northeast Piscataquis
* Northwest Piscataquis
Notable residents
* Berenice Abbott, photographer
* David Mallett, singer-songwriter
* Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
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, inventor
* Sir Harry Oakes
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, philanthropist
* Roxanne Quimby
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, businesswoman
* Max Schubel, composer
* Oswald Tippo, botanist
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Piscataquis County, Maine
Notes
References
External links
Official website of Piscataquis County
History of Piscataquis County, Maine: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1880.
By Amasa Loring. Published 1880.
Piscataquis County Economic Development Council
Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce
Moosehead Lake Region Chamber of Commerce
Three Rivers Community Alliance
University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis County Office
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