Hancock County, Maine
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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
County Seat
Penobscot, 1789-1796
Castine, 1796-1814
Castine and Bangor, half shire towns, 1814-1838
Ellsworth, since 1838
Cities
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 Island, Waltham, Winter Harbor
Adjacent Counties
Knox County, Penobscot County, Waldo County, Washington County
Cemeteries
The Tombstone Transcription Project: Hancock County, Maine
Interment.net: Cemeteries of Hancock County, Maine
Land Records
Hancock County Registry of Deeds
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Hancock County
Message Boards
Ancestry.com Message Board: Hancock County
Naturalization Records
Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990
Newspapers
Historic American Newspapers Directory: Hancock County
Probate Records
Hancock County Registry of Probate
Maine County Probate Records, 1760-1979
Vital Records
Death and Marriage Records as Published in the Ellsworth American
General Resources
Official Website: Hancock County
Hancock County Genealogical Society
FamilySearch Catalog: Hancock, Maine
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 (Ellsworth, Me., 1881)
Wasson, Samuel, A survey of Hancock County, Maine (Augusta Me.: Sprague, Owen & Nash, printers to the state, 1878)
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