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Caribou is the second largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. Its population was 7,396 at the 2020 census . The city is a service center for the agricultural and tourism industries, and the location of a National Weather Service Forecast Office .
Aroostook County (/ ə ˈ r uː s t ə k / ə-ROO-stək; French: Comté d'Aroostook) is a county in the U.S. state of Maine along the Canada–United States border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,105. The county seat is Houlton, with offices in Caribou and Fort Kent.
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Caribou is the second largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. Its population was 7,396 at the 2020 census. The city is a service center for the agricultural and tourism industries, and the location of a National Weather Service Forecast Office.
According to George Varney’s, Gazetteer of the State of Maine, published in 1881, Caribou is situated in the northeastern part of Aroostook County, at the junction of the Madawaska with the Aroostook River. It comprises two contiguous townships; the northern one having formerly been Forestville Plantation, while the southern compromised ...
The city is located on the northern bend of the Aroostook River before it heads southeast to join the St. John River in Canada just east of Fort Fairfield. In the sparsely populated “County,” Caribou is at the hub of spokes serving the area via U.S. Route 1 and Maine Routes 89, 161, 164, 205 and 228.
Caribou is the most northeastern city in the United States and located just 10 minutes from the Canadian border. The community was incorporated in 1859. The community has a rich agricultural history and is known for some of the finest snowmobiling in the Northeast. Get in. Caribou is 1 hour north of Houlton on U.S Route 1.
