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865:Unorganized
822:Plantations
745:Moose River
645:County seat
204:radar array
192:1970s-1990s
189:In use
106: /
93:069°48′07″W
81:Coordinates
1587:Categories
1473:Portsmouth
1371:Charleston
1259:Nike Sites
943:Pittsfield
855:West Forks
835:Dennistown
790:Smithfield
780:St. Albans
770:Pittsfield
336:References
260:ionosphere
114:Moscow AFS
112: (
90:45°08′14″N
66:Moscow AFS
1547:Fort Kent
1431:Casco Bay
1415:Brunswick
1351:Brunswick
1304:Air Force
1223:Limestone
1200:Airfields
968:Flagstaff
948:Skowhegan
918:Fairfield
850:The Forks
785:Skowhegan
715:Fairfield
700:Cornville
685:Cambridge
652:Skowhegan
326:wind farm
197:Materials
158:Condition
1562:Portland
1552:Gardiner
1436:Lewiston
1243:Barracks
1225:(Loring)
1145:Williams
1135:Sullivan
1130:Scammell
1115:McKinley
1080:Edgecomb
973:Rockwood
960:villages
923:Hartland
840:Highland
830:Brighton
725:Hartland
695:Caratunk
390:Archived
367:Archived
310:Cold War
214:Garrison
34:Part of
1557:Houlton
1502:Caribou
1495:Station
1386:Topsham
1366:Caswell
1361:Caribou
1346:Ashland
1339:Station
1250:Hancock
1229:Milford
1218:Houlton
1212:Godfrey
1207:Deblois
1110:McClary
1085:O'Brien
1075:Baldwin
1041:Former
978:Shawmut
928:Madison
913:Bingham
765:Palmyra
735:Madison
730:Jackman
720:Harmony
705:Detroit
680:Bingham
246:History
1466:Prison
1381:Moscow
1325:Loring
1140:Sumner
1125:Preble
1120:Popham
1100:Levett
1090:Gorges
800:Starks
775:Ripley
750:Moscow
740:Mercer
710:Embden
690:Canaan
675:Athens
149:
42:(AFMC)
1214:(Dow)
1070:Allen
1047:Maine
958:Other
908:Anson
795:Solon
670:Anson
662:Towns
236:Maine
174:1970s
171:Built
1400:Navy
1312:Base
1105:Lyon
1095:Knox
1063:Fort
1055:Army
900:CDPs
127:Type
1319:Dow
1045:in
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