Incorporated

1789 from part of Lincoln County

 Boundary Changes

Parts were later set off to form Penobscot County in 1816 and Waldo County in 1827, and additional land was annexed to Lincoln County

A full account of boundary changes may be found here

 Shire Town

Penobscot, 1789-1796

Castine, 1796-1814

Castine and Bangor, half shire towns, 1814-1838

Ellsworth, since 1838

 Cities

Ellsworth

 Towns

Amherst, Aurora, Bar Harbor, Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Bucksport, Cranberry Isles, Dedham, Deer Isle, Eastbrook, Franklin, Frenchboro, Gouldsboro, Great Pond, Hancock, Lamoine, Mariaville, Mount Desert, Orland, Osborn, Otis, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Sorrento, Southwest Harbor, Stonington, Sullivan, Surry, Swans Island, Tremont, Trenton, Verona, Waltham, Winter Harbor

 Adjacent Counties

Knox County, Penobscot County, Waldo County, Washington County

 Cemeteries

Maine Old Cemetery Association: Hancock County Cemetery Listing

The Tombstone Transcription Project: Hancock County, Maine

Interment.net: Cemeteries of Hancock County, Maine

Find A Grave: Hancock County

 Land Records

Hancock County Registry of Deeds

 Maps

Map of the Lottery Townships, c. 1785

Map of Hancock County, 1860

Map of Hancock Co., Maine (1885)

Stuart's map of the timber lands of Maine. No. 2. (1885)

Stuart's map of the timber lands of Maine. No. 3. (1885)

Map of Hancock Co., Maine (1894)

Stuart's map of the timber lands of Maine. No. 2. (1894)

Stuart's map of the timber lands of Maine. No. 3. (1894)

 Message Boards and Mailing Lists

Maine Genealogy Network Forum: Hancock County

Ancestry.com Message Board: Hancock County

GenForum: Hancock County

RootsWeb Mailing List: Hancock County

 Newspapers

Historic American Newspapers Directory: Hancock County

 Probate Records

Hancock County Registry of Probate

Maine County Probate Records, 1760-1979

Hancock County Probate Index

Maine Probate Search

 General Resources

Official Website: Hancock County

Hancock County Genealogical Society

FamilySearch Catalog: Hancock, Maine

Linkpendium: Hancock County

Hancock County MEGenWeb Project

MEGenWeb Archives: Hancock County

 Bibliography

______, Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook counties, Maine (Boston, Mass.: Biographical Review, 1898)

Frost, John Eldridge , comp., Maine Probate Abstracts (Camden, Me. : Picton Press, 1991)

Halfpenny, H. E., and J. E. Stuart, Atlas of Hancock County, Maine; compiled and published under the direction of Geo. N. Colby by S.F. Colby & Co. Drawn from official plans, U.S. coast survey charts, and actual surveys [Ancestry.com] (Ellsworth, Me., 1881)

Wasson, Samuel, A survey of Hancock County, Maine (Augusta Me.: Sprague, Owen & Nash, printers to the state, 1878)