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Hancock is a town in Hancock County, incorporated 1828 .

Settled in 1794, it was named for John Hancock, the bold first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

  1. February 21, 1828 incorporated as Hancock from Sullivan, Trenton, and T8 SD BPP
  2. 1852 set off land to Franklin
  3. 1870 set off land to Gouldsboro
  4. 1929 set off land to Lamoine
Names Places  
  • Egypt
  • Fletchers Landing
  • Franklin Road
  • Hancock Point
  • South Hancock
  • Washington Junction
  • Waukeag

 

  

A Survey of Hancock County, Maine By Samuel Wasson 1876:

Hancock.—Incorporated (17 town) February 21, 1828. Population, 974. Decennary gain, 49. Wealth, per capita, $170. State valuation, $163,904. U. S. valuation, $236,621. Formed from parts of Sullivan, Trenton, and No. 8. The pioneer settlers were Oliver Wooster, Agreen Crabtree, Thomas McFarland, Thomas Roger, and Joseph Googins. They came in 1764-5. Philip Hodgkins, Reuben Abbot, Thomas Moon and Richard Clark, came in 1766-7-8. There are two mill-streams, which glory in the names of "Egypt," and "Kilkenny."

Union soldiers, 115; State aid, $3,054; town bounty, $16,900; cost per recruit, $173.