Maine Places

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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

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 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

Find A Grave: Hancock County


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

Maine Probate Search


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

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 (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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