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Sullivan is a town in Hancock County, settled in 1762 and incorporated on from the township T2 EUR, LS.

The town was named for Daniel Sullivan the first settler, born in Berwick in 1738 and brother to a governor of Massachusetts and a governor of New Hampshire. In 1776, Daniel was commissioned as Captain in the 2nd Company of the 6th Lincoln Regiment.

  1. February 16, 1789 Incorporated as Sullivan
  2. February 21, 1828 set off land to form the town of Hancock
  3. March 3, 1895 set off land to form the town of Sorrento
  4. 1899 Annexed part of T7 SD BPP

Villages, Locations and Settlements

  
  • Ashville
  • East Sullivan
  • North Sullivan
  • Schoodic (former railroad station)
  • Sullivan
  • Sullivan Falls
  • Tunk Pond (former railroad station)
  • Tunk Lake
  • West Sullivan
  

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

Sullivan.—Incorporated (.7-67 town) February 16, 1789. Area, 17,500 acres. Population, 796. Wealth, per capita, $195. Named in honor of Capt. Daniel Sullivan. Indian name, "Waukeag" (a seal), and also called, previous to incorporation, "New Bristol." First settlement commenced in 1762, by Sullivan, Simpson, Bean, Gordon, Blaisdell and Card. Embraces eight islands, viz: Capital A, Beau's, Dram, Preble's, Bragdon, Burnt, Black, and Seward.
In the Revolution, forty families here were reduced to twenty. This township was granted to David Bean ; the king refused to confirm it, and the settlers were quieted in 1803, by Massachusetts, in 100 acres, on payment of $5.00 each. At Waukeag are evidences of an old French settlement. At the commencement of the Revolutionary War, nearly two-thirds of the settlers moved back to York. Nine thousand acres in this town were donated to Bowdoin College. In 1841, an earthern pot, containing somewhat more than $400, was dug up. They were French coins, bearing date of 1725. In 1875, human bones were dug up, supposed to be French or Indian.

Union soldiers, 80; State aid, $2,210; town bounty, $14,459 ; cost per recruit, $208.
Decennary loss, 76 ; State valuation, $146,954; U. S. valuation, $204,414.