Carroll Plantation is a

plantation Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, tob ...

in Penobscot County,

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, United States. The plantation was named for

Daniel Carroll Daniel Carroll Jr. (July 22, 1730May 7, 1796) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a Maryland politician, and a plantation owner. He supported the American Revolution, served in the Confederation Congress, was a delegate to ...

, a signatory of the

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. It is located along Maine State Route 6 (Main Road) near its intersection with State Route 170. The population was 138 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bangor Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the

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, the plantation has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.39%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 144 people in 59 households, including 44 families, in the plantation. The population density was . There were 96 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the plantation was 92.36% White, 2.08% Native American, and 5.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.08% of the population. Of the 59 households 16.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.8% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 16.9% of households were one person and 11.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.70. The age distribution was 16.0% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 19.4% from 25 to 44, 35.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.9% 65 or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males. The median household income was $21,786 and the median family income was $22,500. Males had a median income of $23,125 versus $29,375 for females. The per capita income for the plantation was $14,294. There were 17.4% of families and 23.6% of the population living below the

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, including 38.5% of under eighteens and 19.0% of those over 64.

References

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