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Seboomook Lake, Maine

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Location
  
Somerset County, Maine

Max. length
  
13 mi (21 km)

Surface area
  
6,880 acres (2,780 ha)

Basin countries
  
United States

Max. width
  
1 mi (1.6 km)

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Primary outflows
  
West Branch Penobscot River, Southwest Branch Saint John River, Baker Branch Saint John River

Seboomook Lake is an unorganized territory in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 45 at the 2000 census.

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Map of Seboomook Lake, ME 04478, USA

GeographyEdit

According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 3,715.8 km² (1,434.7 mi²). 3,628.4 km² (1,400.9 mi²) of it is land and 87.4 km² (33.8 mi²) of it (2.35%) is water.

Seboomook LakeEdit

Seboomook Lake is a reservoir on the West Branch Penobscot River. The reservoir extends upstream from Seboomook Dam in Seboomook Township, through Plymouth Township, to the confluence of the North Branch and South Branch Penobscot River in Pittston Academy Grant.

TownshipsEdit

The territory consists of 40 townships plus portions of three other townships (shared with Northeast Somerset).

DemographicsEdit

As of the census of 2000, there were 45 people, 22 households, and 11 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 0.0/km² (0.0/mi²). There were 368 housing units at an average density of 0.1/km² (0.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 100.00% White.

There were 22 households out of which 18.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.5% were non-families. 40.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.75.

In the unorganized territory the population was spread out with 15.6% under the age of 18, 2.2% from 18 to 24, 20.0% from 25 to 44, 57.8% from 45 to 64, and 4.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females there were 150.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 137.5 males.

The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $49,167, and the median income for a family was $61,250. Males had a median income of $46,250 versus $0 for females. The per capita income for the unorganized territory was $32,578. There were no families and 11.1% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

References

Seboomook Lake, Maine Wikipedia