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Aroostook

American  
[uh-roos-took, -tik] / əˈrus tʊk, -tɪk /

noun

  1. a river flowing NE from N Maine to the St. John River. 140 miles (225 km) long.


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For now, the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office is providing coverage while Washburn is without police.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

Few ever set foot in Aroostook County, a remote northern expanse where residents are prone to suspect — not without reason — that no one south of Bangor even knows that they exist.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

Cotner’s roundup notes that “high color” can be found in parts of the Green Mountains in Vermont as well as in northern Aroostook County, Maine.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

Border-hugging Aroostook Valley Country Club is a golf anomaly, with its parking lot and pro shop in the U.S.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2022

But I wanted to see Aroostook County, the big northern county of Maine.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck