Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, USA

Houlton is a community in Aroostook County, Maine, set within Maine’s forested interior, river valleys and rugged Atlantic margin. Houlton is the Aroostook County seat and a historic market town near the New Brunswick border and the Meduxnekeag River. Wabanaki history, lumbering, farming, fishing and border trade shaped settlement, and later roads broadened the community’s ties to the region. Forestry, agriculture, health care, tourism and small-scale manufacturing sustain local communities. Historic places, recreation and close ties to neighboring communities add to Houlton’s character.