Hancock (Maine)

Hancock
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Location in Maine
Hancock
Basic data
Foundation :	February 21, 1828
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Hancock County
Coordinates :	44 ° 31 ′  N , 68 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 31 ′  N , 68 ° 17 ′  W
Time zone :	Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC − 4 )
Residents :	2,394 (as of 2010)
Population density :	31 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	100.1 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 77.2 km 2  (approx. 30 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	12 m
Postal code :	04640
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-30970
GNIS ID :	0582509
Website :	www.hancockmaine.org

Hancock is a town in Hancock County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 2394 inhabitants in 1437 households on an area of ​​100.1 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Hancock has a total area of ​​100.1 km², of which 77.2 km² is land and 22.9 km² consists of water .

Geographical location

Hancock is located in the south of Hancock County on Frenchman Bay on the Atlantic Ocean . Several smaller lakes are scattered over the area of ​​the town. The surface is flat, without any significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• North: Central Hancock , Unorganized Territory , 7.7 mi
• Northeast: Franklin , 3.5 mi
• East: Sullivan , 9.2 mi
• Southeast: Sorrento , 7.4 mi
• South: Bar Harbor , 3.6 mi
• Southwest: Lamoine , 4.0 km
• Northwest: Ellsworth , 13.7 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Hancock: Back Meadow , Crabtree Neck , Crabtree's Point (formerly a post office), Franklin Road , Hancock , Hancock Corner , Hancock Point , Mount Desert Ferry , North Hancock , South Hancock , Washington Junction , Waukeag, and West Hancock (former location of a post office)

climate

The mean mean temperature in Hancock ranges from −6.1 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 6 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. The snowfalls between October and May are up to two and a half meters, more than twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA; the daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

The settlement of the Hancock area started in 1764. The first settlers were Oliver Wooster, Agreen Crabtree, Thomas McFarland, Thomas Roger and Joseph Googins. Hancock was organized as a town on February 21, 1828. Hancock was formed from lands that previously belonged to Sullivan, Trenton and Plantation Number 8. The town was named after John Hancock , the third president of the Continental Congress and co-signer of the Declaration of Independence .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Hancock, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										278
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents				653	760	960	923	974	1093	1190
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	900	843	760	761	755	806	1070	1080	1409	1757
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2147	2394

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Hancock, a building and a land point have been added to the National Register of Historic Places :

• Hancock Point School , included in 2013, register no. 13000187
• Nazi Spy Landing Site , recorded in 2003, register no. 03000015 . Two German spies went ashore here during the Second World War as part of the Elsters company .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 1 leads from west to east by Hancock. The Maine State Route 182 branches off from it in a northerly direction .

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Hancock. The closest are in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor.

The Hancock Point Library is located in a building constructed in 1887, which was donated to the town in 1914 as a library building.

education

In Hancock, the Hancock School Department is responsible for school education.

• The Hancock Grammar School is located in Hancock. It offers school classes from kindergarten through 8th grade.

• The private Pierre Monteux School is a school for conductors and orchestral musicians. It was founded by the conductor Pierre Monteux and offers a 6-week summer orchestra program.

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Pierre Monteux (1875–1964), conductor, founder of the Pierre Monteux School in Hancock
• Eva Reich (1924–2008), doctor, daughter of the psychoanalyst and body therapist Wilhelm Reich

Web links

Commons : Hancock, Maine  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Community website
• Hancock on Maine.gov
• Hancock on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hancock in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 20, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ^ Hancock, Hancock County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved May 20, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Hancock, Maine (ME 04640) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on May 20, 2018 (English). 
6. ^ History of Hancock, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed May 20, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Hancock . In: Maine: An Encyclopedia . 2011 ( maineanencyclopedia.com ).
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ Hancock Point Library - Home. In: hancockpointlibrary.org. Retrieved May 20, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Local: Maine.gov. In: maine.gov. Retrieved May 20, 2018 (American English).