Nearing the town line, SR 227 passes through Frenchville, consisting of more densely-spaced houses and a church and its cemetery.

The road make a long descent into a valley crossing Welts Brook at the bottom.

[2] Before exiting Castle Hill, the road descends from the ridge passing a cemetery and additional houses.

At the settlement of State Road, SR 227 crosses a rail trail (formerly Bangor and Aroostook Railroad) and bends to the northeast after a stretch of traveling east.

At that time, SR 163 ran west-to-east along Industrial Drive and onto State Street to connect with US 1, with which it was cosigned in downtown Presque Isle.

In 1994, the Parsons Road Connector was built connecting SR 227 to US 1 at Maysville Street north of downtown.