Presque Isle, Maine This article is about the Maine city.
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Presque Isle, Maine City of Presque Isle Clockwise, from top: Crown of Maine Balloon Fest in Presque Isle, Downtown, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Aroostook Band of Micmac command posts and exhibition, Nordic Heritage Center, Aroostook Centre Mall, UMPI windmill, Main Street Clockwise, from top: Crown of Maine Balloon Fest in Presque Isle, Downtown, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Aroostook Band of Micmac command posts and exhibition, Nordic Heritage Center, Aroostook Centre Mall, UMPI windmill, Main Street Official seal of Presque Isle, Maine Presque Isle, Maine is positioned in Maine Presque Isle, Maine - Presque Isle, Maine Location in the state of Maine State Maine Presque Isle /pr sk a l/ is the commercial center and biggest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
The populace was 9,171 in 2015 as estimated by the US Census, a decline from the count of 9,692 in the 2010 Census. The town/city is home to the University of Maine at Presque Isle, Northern Maine Community College, Husson University Presque Isle, Northern Maine Fairgrounds, The Aroostook Centre Mall, and the Northern Maine Regional Airport.
Presque Isle is the command posts of the Aroostook Band of Micmac, a federally recognized tribe. By 1825, surveyors traveling along the Aroostook river noted that twenty families lived along it and noted that while agriculture was present, all of the families working most of their time towards wood production. The boundary dispute slowed evolution in the area, but the government of Massachusetts, which governed the territory at the time, saw the territory as theirs and encouraged the evolution of settlements in northern Maine by offering territory grants and foundry privileges in the 1820s.
The first American to settle in the region was Dennis Fairbanks in 1828 who attained ownership over the territory under the provisions set up by Massachusetts and later Maine, which attained statehood in 1820. Originally known as Fairbanks for its founder Dennis Fairbanks, Presque Isle was settled in 1828 on territory that was unknown to be part of British North America (Canada) or the United States.
The township was incorporated from Plantations F, G and H on April 4, 1859 as Presque Isle, the French term for peninsula (presqu'ile), as the courses of the Aroostook River and Presque Isle Stream form a peninsula.
In 1864, Fairmount Cemetery was established in the south of Presque Isle to accommodate Union soldiers returning from the Civil War.
On January 1, 1940, Presque Isle was incorporated as a city.
The first trade to form in Presque Isle was the lumber industry.
On October 9, 1851, the first Northern Maine Fair exhibition opened.
A starch factory was opened in 1874, providing a ready market for small-town potatoes. In 1914 the Aroostook Farm was purchased as a Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. In 1881 the New Brunswick Railway created the first rail connection in Presque Isle.
The Presque Isle Air Force Base, in operation between 1941 and 1961, was a primary departure point for U.S.
The former base is now the Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle, the Northern Maine Community College, and the Skyway Industrial Park.
In 1968, it was retitled the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
Northern Maine Technical College was established in 1961, now Northern Maine Community College. The first students entered the college in 1963.
The first Presque Isle Hospital was established on April 8, 1912. Four physicians were affiliated with the hospital, whose dual aims were to serve the improve and to furnish a training school for nurses. The building was a white-frame structure, enlarged from a home under construction.
Gould Memorial Hospital was constructed and opened in 1960. The hospital has period and been modernized in recent years and in 1981 became a part of The Aroostook Medical Center. On August 11, 1978, the Double Eagle II was launched from a Presque Isle field carrying three passengers.
In honor of the Double Eagle II, the town/city holds an annual celebration called The Crown of Maine Balloon Festival.
Presque Isle was titled an All American City in 1966.
Presque Isle General Hospital mid 1910s House of Seven Gables Presque Isle Presque Isle is positioned at 46 40 46 N 68 0 8 W (46.679321, 68.002166). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 77.60 square miles (200.98 km2), of which 75.76 square miles (196.22 km2) is territory and 1.84 square miles (4.77 km2) is water. Presque Isle is drained by the Aroostook River and Presque Isle Stream.
Presque Isle has a humid continental climate (Koppen: Dfb) typified by long cold winters and short warm summers.
Climate data for Presque Isle, Maine Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 7.6 5.6 5.0 2.3 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.4 3.0 6.4 30.5 As of the census of 2010, there were 9,692 citizens , 4,201 homeholds, and 2,413 families residing in the city. The populace density was 127.9 inhabitants per square mile (49.4/km2).
There were 4,201 homeholds of which 25.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.6% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.6% under the age of 18, 13.1% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Due to being Aroostook County's biggest city, Presque Isle is the retail center for a large number of both American and Canadian towns.
Agriculture remains a top trade of Presque Isle and the encircling area, with potatoes being the top crop.
During the winter months many small-town businesses rely on the snowmobiling trade as there is a highly regarded trail fitness connecting far away suburbs and metros/cities with Presque Isle.
Presque Isle is also home to a momentous industrial park near the Northern Maine Regional Airport.
Presque Isle typically has a slightly higher unemployment level when compared to the state average.
Presque Isle is home to one of the smallest TV markets as defined by Nielsen market research.
It consists of WAGM-TV channel 8, a CBS/Fox affiliate; and WMEM-TV channel 10, affiliated with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network and PBS.
While not part of the Presque Isle TV market, WVII-TV, the ABC partner out of Bangor, Maine, airs in Presque Isle, as does NBC partner WLBZ.
Several airways broadcasts have studios positioned in Presque Isle, including WBPW, WOZI and WQHR, all owned by Townsquare Media.
The town/city is also home to WUPI, the University of Maine Presque Isle's student airways broadcast which broadcasts on 92.1 and Maine Public Broadcasting Network on 106.1.
The Presque Isle Star-Herald is presented Wednesdays, one of a several weekly newspapers presented in Aroostook County.
Aroostook Farm Maine Agricultural & Forest Experiment Station Northern Maine Fair Northern Maine Museum of Science Presque Isle Air Museum Presque Isle Historical Society & Museum Dunleavy, state legislator and Aroostook County Probate Judge Aroostook State Normal School in 1908, now the University of Maine at Presque Isle Gentile, associate professor emeritus of education, University of Maine at Presque Isle "History of Presque Isle".
Presque Isle Maine Memory.
Presque Isle Historical Society.
"History of Presque Isle".
A History of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station 1885-1978.
Orono, ME: University of Maine.
Northern Maine Community College.
A History of Presque Isle's Hospital.
Presque Isle, ME: The Aroostook Medical Center.
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