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Hancock County
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county in Maine, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- Founded
- June 25, 1789
- Named after
- John Hancock
- Seat
- Ellsworth
- Largest city
- Ellsworth
- Total
- 2,345 sq mi (6,070 km )
- Land
- 1,587 sq mi (4,110 km )
- Water
- 758 sq mi (1,960 km ) 32%
- Estimate 2025
- 57,171
- Density
- 34.96/sq mi (13.50/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- hancockcountymaine .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Hancock
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Maine
- Contains
- Sorrento
- Capital
- Ellsworth
- Population
- 55478
- Area
- 6089
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Shares border with
- Knox County
- Highest point
- Cadillac Mountain
- Official website
- hancockcountymaine.gov
- Image
- Egg Rock Light - Frenchman Bay ME.jpg
- Households
- 24116
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- topic's main category
- Category:Hancock County, Maine
- Commons category
- Hancock County, Maine
- inception
- 1790-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hancock County, Maine
- different from
- Hancock County
- water as percent of area
- 32
- native label
- Hancock County
- per capita income
- 35345
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Encyclopedic overview
John Hancock of Massachusetts, the namesake of Hancock County High tide near Thunder Hole in Acadia National Park; Hancock County, Maine, is a major tourist destination in the United States. Ocean waves at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park Jordan Pond (July 4, 2014)
Hancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,478. Its county seat is Ellsworth. The county was incorporated on June 25, 1789, and named for John Hancock, the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hancock County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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