Brownville Junction is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in the town of Brownville, Piscataquis County,

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, United States. It is west-central part of the town, on the west side of the Pleasant River, a south-flowing tributary of the Piscataquis River and part of the

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watershed.

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passes through the community, leading south to Brownville village and to Milo, and northeast to Millinocket. The community came into existence in 1889 when the

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway () , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Canadian Pacific Ka ...

built the International Railway of Maine as part of its transcontinental railroad, connecting

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, with

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. The railway crossed the older Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway at the location that became the village. The rail lines are currently owned by the CPKC Railway after a period of different ownership. Brownville Junction was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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Census-designated places in Piscataquis County, Maine Census-designated places in Maine {{Maine-geo-stub