±141 Acre Organic Farm For Sale In New Sweden, Aroostook County, Maine

This 141-acre property in New Sweden, Aroostook County, Maine, sits in the heart of the state's Swedish immigrant colony, settled beginning in 1870. It's a working farm with a long history, offered for a buyer with the vision and capital to bring it back: a farmer, a logger, or an investor looking at the land and the numbers rather than a move-in-ready home. Two houses come with the property, each with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, each served by its own well, on-grid power, and septic, and each reached by a gravel drive. Both need serious repair. One of the two started as one of the original hand-hewn log cabins built for the Swedish families who settled this part of Aroostook County beginning in 1870, and has since been added onto over the generations. The New Sweden colony's building history is well documented, including similar log construction found in the Larsson-Noak Historic District, a short distance away, and this cabin is part of that same architectural tradition. The land is certified organic, with roughly 20 acres cleared and in pasture, and the rest in forest, primarily mature cedar with some other softwood mixed in. Cedar is the primary standing value in the timber; the property also carries some softwood pulp, though the pulp market is currently soft and shouldn't be counted on for near-term income. A 90-acre parcel within the property includes a small pond bordered by a wetland and a cedar forest, adding a water feature and wildlife habitat to the working ground. Road frontage runs about 2245 feet across the property, which opens up options for access, subdivision, or future development, subject to New Sweden's local approval process. Agriculturally, this was a certified organic cheese operation, and the creamery building is still in place with much of its equipment: a 30-gallon pasteurizer, a 100-gallon chiller, a chart recorder, a pump vacuum sealer, and assorted sundries. The creamery needs updating before it can resume production. Barns and a small blacksmith shop (smithy) round out the farm's outbuildings, and like the creamery, they need repair or removal. An orchard on the property mixes heritage and modern varieties: black walnut, plums, and apples, including old New England cultivars like Duchess of Oldenburg, Red Astrachan, and Wealthy, alongside newer varieties like Sweet 16 and Liberty. For a buyer interested in fruit production or simply preserving a piece of orchard history, this is a meaningful asset already in the ground. For a buyer looking to offset some of the purchase cost, a 4.69-acre lot with its own road frontage could be divided and sold separately as a house lot. Any other subdivision would need to be confirmed and approved by the Town of New Sweden before it could move forward, and should not be assumed to be guaranteed. This one is being sold as-is. The houses, creamery, barns, and smithy all need real investment, and a buyer should come in ready to bring their own vision, whether that's a full renovation of the log cabin and its later additions or a rebuild of the outbuildings from the ground up. What this farm offers in return is certified organic land with water, established orchard and forest resources, meaningful road frontage, and a genuine tie to one of Maine's most distinctive agricultural communities. For the right buyer, that combination of bones and history is worth the work.