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Grindstone inn and lands, Grindstone Neck ... - Gouldsboro land improvement company - Google Books
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Wright, Virginia M. "Schoodic: The Secret Side of Acadia".
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460:Demographics
454:World War II
443:
431:
422:
393:District of
388:
351:
350:
204:Gerrishville
25:
1540:East Orland
1525:Bass Harbor
1434:territories
1432:Unorganized
1272:Brooksville
1192:County seat
1133: /
1016:January 31,
922:January 30,
856:Wilson Eyre
756:2000 census
730:other races
700:2010 census
368:2020 census
150: /
1617:Categories
1575:Somesville
1545:Harborside
1475:Bar Harbor
1382:Stonington
1337:Mariaville
1322:Great Pond
1317:Gouldsboro
1312:Frenchboro
1257:Bar Harbor
1121:68°04′59″W
1118:44°23′43″N
875:References
842:one-design
760:As of the
704:As of the
376:Bar Harbor
342:feature ID
250:Population
1550:Islesford
1485:Bucksport
1480:Blue Hill
1362:Penobscot
1302:Eastbrook
1297:Deer Isle
1277:Bucksport
1262:Blue Hill
1217:Ellsworth
1199:Ellsworth
826:peninsula
428:Geography
380:Ellsworth
330:FIPS code
318:Area code
272:Time zone
242:Elevation
138:68°5′41″W
135:44°23′5″N
1517:villages
1387:Sullivan
1372:Sorrento
1367:Sedgwick
1307:Franklin
1267:Brooklin
1084:March 4,
1062:March 4,
1040:March 4,
944:March 7,
845:sailboat
783:Hispanic
777:, 0.71%
773:, 0.20%
769:, 2.02%
734:Hispanic
424:events.
403:Downeast
334:23-86655
306:ZIP code
197:Villages
1555:Minturn
1490:Castine
1417:Waltham
1407:Trenton
1402:Tremont
1332:Lamoine
1327:Hancock
1282:Castine
1247:Amherst
966:June 4,
724:, 0.6%
720:, 0.2%
716:, 0.4%
440:History
384:NSGA-WH
345:0582821
191:Hancock
164:Country
1580:Sunset
1352:Osborn
1347:Orland
1292:Dedham
1252:Aurora
1036:. 1892
787:Latino
762:census
738:Latino
706:census
680:−10.7%
665:−47.8%
650:−14.6%
530:−14.7%
470:Census
186:County
1515:Other
1392:Surry
1239:Towns
779:Asian
767:White
726:Asian
714:White
630:1,157
615:1,120
605:36.0%
600:1,028
590:33.1%
364:Maine
311:04693
300:(EDT)
298:UTC-4
277:UTC-5
179:Maine
174:State
1467:CDPs
1357:Otis
1209:City
1086:2012
1064:2012
1042:2012
1018:2008
993:2012
968:2015
946:2012
924:2022
903:2012
832:The
820:The
671:2020
656:2010
641:2000
635:3.3%
626:1990
620:8.9%
611:1980
596:1970
581:1960
575:9.7%
566:1950
560:0.2%
551:1940
545:2.8%
536:1930
521:1920
515:3.3%
506:1910
491:1900
479:Note
474:Pop.
448:. A
389:The
378:and
340:GNIS
213:Area
43:Town
785:or
736:or
675:461
660:516
645:988
585:756
570:568
555:518
540:517
525:503
510:590
495:571
358:in
323:207
291:DST
258:461
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