Macwahoc Plantation, Maine

Macwahoc Plantation is a plantation in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 79 at the 2010 census.^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the plantation has a total area of 29.6 square miles (76.7 km²), of which 29.4 square miles (76.2 km²) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km²), or 0.55%, is water.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1860	202		—
1870	170		−15.8%
1880	187		10.0%
1890	216		15.5%
1900	153		−29.2%
1910	147		−3.9%
1920	131		−10.9%
1930	163		24.4%
1940	242		48.5%
1950	131		−45.9%
1960	165		26.0%
1970	126		−23.6%
1980	126		0.0%
1990	114		−9.5%
2000	98		−14.0%
2010	79		−19.4%
Est. 2014	76	^[2]	−3.8%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

As of the census^[4] of 2000, there were 98 people, 42 households, and 34 families residing in the plantation. The population density was 3.3 people per square mile (1.3/km²). There were 79 housing units at an average density of 2.7 per square mile (1.0/km²). The racial makeup of the plantation was 100.00% White.

There were 42 households out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.0% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.59.

In the plantation the population was spread out with 17.3% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 32.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 127.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.2 males.

The median income for a household in the plantation was $23,750, and the median income for a family was $25,313. Males had a median income of $24,750 versus $13,750 for females. The per capita income for the plantation was $10,787. There were 12.8% of families and 16.5% of the population living below the poverty line, including 12.5% of under eighteens and 60.0% of those over 64.

References

1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Macwahoc plantation, Aroostook County, Maine". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

External links

Varney, George J. (1886), Gazetteer of the state of Maine. Machwahoc, Boston: Russell

Municipalities and communities of Aroostook County, Maine, United States

County seat: Houlton

Cities	Caribou Presque Isle

Towns	Allagash Amity Ashland Blaine Bridgewater Castle Hill Caswell Chapman Crystal Dyer Brook Eagle Lake Easton Fort Fairfield Fort Kent Frenchville Grand Isle Hamlin Hammond Haynesville Hersey Hodgdon Houlton Island Falls Limestone Linneus Littleton Ludlow Madawaska Mapleton Mars Hill Masardis Merrill Monticello New Canada New Limerick New Sweden Oakfield Orient Perham Portage Lake St. Agatha St. Francis Sherman Smyrna Stockholm Van Buren Wade Wallagrass Washburn Westfield Westmanland Weston Woodland

Plantations	Cary Plantation Cyr Plantation Garfield Plantation Glenwood Plantation Macwahoc Plantation Moro Plantation Nashville Plantation Oxbow Reed Plantation Saint John Plantation Winterville Plantation

Unorganized territories	Bancroft Central Aroostook Connor Northwest Aroostook South Aroostook Square Lake

CDPs	Ashland Blaine Fort Fairfield Fort Kent Houlton Limestone Loring AFB (former) Madawaska Mapleton Mars Hill-Blaine (former) Mars Hill Van Buren Washburn

Other villages	Clayton Lake Crouseville Estcourt Station Fort Kent Mills Maine Portage Saint David Sinclair Smyrna Mills Wytopitlock

Penobscot River Watershed

Tributaries	Dead River East Branch Mattawamkeag River East Branch Penobscot River East Branch Piscataquis River East Branch Pleasant River Kenduskeag Stream Little Seboeis River Mattawamkeag River Middle Branch Pleasant River Molunkus Stream Narramissic River North Branch Marsh River North Branch Penobscot River Orland River Passadumkeag River Piscataquis River Pleasant River Sebec River Seboeis River South Branch Marsh River South Branch Penobscot River Stillwater River West Branch Mattawamkeag River West Branch Penobscot River West Branch Piscataquis River West Branch Pleasant River

Lakes	Allagash Lake Canada Falls Lake Caucomgomoc Lake Chamberlain Lake Chesuncook Lake Cold Stream Pond Grand Lake Seboeis Lobster Lake Lower Wilson Pond Matagamon Lake Mattawamkeag Lake Millinocket Lake Lake Onawa Pemadumcook Chain of Lakes Pushaw Lake Schoodic Lake Sebec Lake Seboeis Lake Seboomook Lake South Twin Lake Telos Lake Upper Wilson Pond

Towns	Abbot Bangor Bradley Brewer Brooks Brownville Bucksport Burlington Carmel Charleston Danforth Dover-Foxcroft East Millinocket Eddington Enfield Frankfort Guilford Hampden Haynesville Hermon Howland Hudson Island Falls Kenduskeag Kingman Lee Levant Lincoln Macwahoc Mattawamkeag Medway Milford Millinocket Milo Monson Oakfield Old Town Orland Orono Orrington Passadumkeag Patten Prospect Sangerville Sherman Smyrna Springfield Veazie Verona Winn Winterport Wytopitlock

Landmarks	Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Baxter State Park Fort Knox Gero Island Great Northern Paper Company Hundred-Mile Wilderness Katahdin Iron Works Maine Central Railroad Monson Railroad Mount Katahdin North Maine Woods Peaks-Kenny State Park Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory Ripogenus Gorge University of Maine Waldo–Hancock Bridge

Coordinates: 45°37′42″N 68°15′46″W / 45.62833°N 68.26278°W / 45.62833; -68.26278

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