Editing South Aroostook, Maine

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'''South Aroostook''' is an [[unincorporated area#U.S. Census Bureau|unorganized territory]] in [[Aroostook County, Maine|Aroostook County]], [[Maine]], United States. The population was 579 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2300369930| title=Census - Geography Profile: South Aroostook UT, Aroostook County, Maine| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the unorganized territory has a total area of {{convert|954.4|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|925.1|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|29.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 3.06%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2300369930| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212142511/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2300369930| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): South Aroostook UT, Aroostook County, Maine| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=May 22, 2013}}</ref>

There are 13 [[survey township|townships]] in the unorganized territory, including Molunkus, Benedicta, Silver Ridge, Bancroft, Upper Molunkus, North Yarmouth Academy Grant, Forkstown, and Bragg Tract.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 243
|1980= 261
|1990= 404
|2000= 486
|2010= 386
|2020= 579
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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South Aroostook experienced a 50% growth in population for the 2020 census, largely due to the addition in 2019 of the former plantation of [[Cary, Maine|Cary]], which had a population of 218 as of the 2010 census.

As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 486 people, 188 households, and 134 families living in the unorganized territory. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 471 housing units, at an average density of {{convert|1.3|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup was 99.79% [[White Americans|White]] and 0.21% Black or [[African American]].

There were 188 households, of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 3.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. In the unorganized territory, 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58, and the average family size was 3.03.

In the unorganized territory, 25.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.8% were 18 to 24, 25.5% were 25 to 44, 28.0% were 45 to 64, and 14.4% were 65 or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males.

The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $34,167. Males had a median income of $32,222 versus $28,125 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the unorganized territory was $13,718. About 9.6% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 21.3% of those age 65 or over.

==History==
Bishop [[Benedict Joseph Fenwick]] founded Benedicta in 1834 as a colony of Irish Catholics from Boston. They began arriving in 1838<ref>{{cite web | author = <!-- not stated --> | date = <!-- not stated --> | title = Benedicta | url = https://umaine.edu/undiscoveredmaine/aroostook-county-maine/southern-aroostook/benedicta/ | website = Undiscovered Maine | publisher = [[University of Maine]] | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240723231315/https://umaine.edu/undiscoveredmaine/aroostook-county-maine/southern-aroostook/benedicta/ | archive-date = July 23, 2024 | access-date = January 4, 2025}}</ref> and built a small village surrounding St. Benedict Church. Fenwick later considered Benedicta as a home for the planned [[College of the Holy Cross]], but settled on [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], instead.<ref>{{cite book | last = Foley | first = Albert S. | year = 1954 | title = Bishop Healy: Beloved Outcaste | url = https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005946146 | location = New York City, New York | publisher = Farrar, Straus, and Young | oclc = 1223346 | pages = 135–136}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Aroostook County, Maine}}

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[[Category:Unorganized territories in Maine]]
[[Category:Populated places in Aroostook County, Maine]]