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Aroostook County (French: Comté d'Aroostook) ( ə-ROOS-tək) is a county in the U.S. state of Maine along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2010 census, the population was 71,870. Its seat is Houlton with offices in Caribou and Fort Kent.Known locally in Maine as "The County", it is the largest American county by land area east of the Mississippi River, excluding water (St. Louis County, Minnesota, is larger by total area, if water is included), even larger than three U.S. states. It is Maine's northernmost county. Its northernmost village, Estcourt Station, is also the northernmost community in New England and in the contiguous United States east of the Great Lakes.
Aroostook County is known for its potato crops, as well as its Acadian culture. In the Saint John Valley in the northern part of the county, which borders Madawaska County, New Brunswick, many of the residents are bilingual in English and Acadian French. Elsewhere in Maine, New England French is the predominant form of French spoken.
The county is also an emerging hub for wind power.
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