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Presque Isle, city, Aroostook County, northeastern Maine, near the Aroostook River; incorporated as a city 1940. It is a summer resort and a commercial and distribution hub for the agricultural Aroostook valley. The University of Maine at Presque Isle (1903), a junior college, and a regional airport are here. The community, settled in the late 1820s, grew as a shipping and processing point for potatoes after the railroad arrived here in 1895. Population 11,172 (1980); 10,550 (1990); 9,511 (2000); 9,377 (2005 estimate).



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