Hancock County

Hancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,478. Its county seat and largest city is .
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is a small city in on the Union River. It is the county seat of Hancock County, with a population of about 6500 people. It was settled in 1763 and became a large lumber port and ship building center during the 19th century.

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is a town in Hancock County in eastern , United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2020 census. is the home of , a four-year institution that graduates officers and engineers for the United States Merchant Marine and marine related industries.

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is a historical town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census. is across the Penobscot River estuary from Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, which replaced the .

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is a small town in Hancock County in the U.S. state of . It has a population of less than 1500 people and is situated between the county seat of and , the location of .

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is a small town in Hancock County, in the US state of , located on Bay, about 14 miles southwest of the county seat of and quite near .

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is a town of 461 people in . The town sits just outside the Schoodic Peninsula portion of Acadia National Park, and is due east of the town of Bar Harbor and Ellsworth.

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is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,221 at the 2020 census.

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is a small, rural town in Hancock County, in the US state of , located on Blue Hill Bay, about 8 miles southwest of the county seat of , quite near and adjacent to .

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has a population of 38 and is located on 14 small islands in Blue Hill Bay in the region of . Less than a hundred people live here year round and they keep things much as they have been for decades.

Hancock County

Latitude of center
44.5629° or 44° 33′ 46″ north
Longitude of center
-68.3682° or 68° 22′ 6″ west
Population
55,500
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
Geo­Names ID
4966407
Wiki­data ID
Q506351
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Hancock County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hancock County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة هانكوك”
  • Armenian: “Հանքոկ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Hancock”
  • Basque: “Hancock konderria (Maine)”
  • Basque: “Hancock konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Hancock County, Maine”
  • Bavarian: “Hancock County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Хэнкак”
  • Belarusian: “Ханкок”
  • Belarusian: “Хэнкак (акруга, Мэн)”
  • Belarusian: “Хэнкак”
  • Bishnupriya: “হানকোক কাউন্টি, মেইন”
  • Bishnupriya: “হানকোক কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Ханкок”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Hancock”
  • Cebuano: “Hancock County”
  • Chechen: “Хэнкок (гуо, Мэн)”
  • Chechen: “Хэнкок”
  • Chinese: “Hancock Kūn”
  • Chinese: “汉考克县”
  • Chinese: “漢考克縣”
  • Dutch: “Hancock County”
  • Esperanto: “Hancock County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Hancock”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Hancock”
  • Finnish: “Hancockin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Hancock”
  • French: “Comté de Hancock”
  • French: “Hancock County”
  • Georgian: “ჰენკოკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Hancock County”
  • Gilaki: “هنکاک شهرستان (مین)”
  • Gilaki: “هنکاک شهرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Χάνκοκ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Χάνκοκ”
  • Hebrew: “הנקוק”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הנקוק”
  • Hungarian: “Hancock megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Hancock, Maine”
  • Irish: “Contae Hancock”
  • Italian: “contea di Hancock”
  • Italian: “Contea di Hancock”
  • Italian: “Hancock County”
  • Japanese: “ハンコック郡”
  • Korean: “핸콕군”
  • Low German: “Hancock County”
  • Marathi: “हॅन्कॉक काउंटी, मेन”
  • Marathi: “हॅन्कॉक काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “هنکاک شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hancock Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hancock Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hancock County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hancock County i Maine”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hancock County”
  • Norwegian: “Hancock County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هنکاک، مین”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هنکاک”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Hancock”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Hancock”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Hancock”
  • Portuguese: “Hancock County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Hancock, Maine”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Hancock”
  • Russian: “Ханкок (округ, Мэн)”
  • Russian: “Ханкок”
  • Russian: “Хэнкок”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Hancock”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Hancock County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Хенкок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hancock County, Maine”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hancock County”
  • Slovenian: “Hancock County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Hancock”
  • Spanish: “condado de Hancock”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Hancock”
  • Spanish: “Hancock County”
  • Swedish: “Hancock County, Maine”
  • Swedish: “Hancock County”
  • Tatar: “Хэнкок (округ, Мэн)”
  • Tatar: “Хэнкок”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County, Maine”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County, Me.”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County, ME”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi, Maine”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi, Me.”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi, ME”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Генкок”
  • Urdu: “ہینکوک کاؤنٹی، میئن”
  • Venetian: “contea de Hancock”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Hancock, Maine”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Hancock”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Hancock, Maine”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Hancock”
  • Welsh: “Hancock County, Maine”
  • Welsh: “Hancock County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہینکاک کاؤنٹی”

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