Hancock County

Genealogist's Guide to Hancock County

Hancock County in the Federal Census

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Amherst 1840 2000 Incorporated on February 5, 1831 from the unorganized township of T26 MD
Aurora 1840 2000 Incorporated on February 1, 1831 under the name of Hampton, formerly Plantation 27 also known as Richards.  On February 6, 1833 its name was changed to Aurora.
Ayers Settlement 1810 1810 Part of T4 OIP EPR which became Bradley in 1835 ceded to Penobscot Co. 1816.  Ayer Settlement was above the point where  where Blackman Stream enters the Penobscot river.
Baker's Island 1830 1840 Island - part of the Cranberry Isle group
Bangor 1800 1810

Incorporated as a town in 1791 from the former Kenduskeag Plantation. Penobscot Co. 1816
Bar Harbor 1920 2000 Bar Harbor village was part of the town of Eden.  Eden changed its name to Bar Harbor on March 5, 1918
Barrettstown 1790 1790 Barrettstown Planatation was settled in 1782 and incorporated on June 23, 1804 as the Hancock County town of Hope and became part of Waldo County in 1827 then Knox County in 1860 Part of Hope was set of to Appleton in 1843
Beach Island 1810 1870 Island - Township part of Deer Isle group
Bear Island 1830 1910 Island - Township part of Cranberry Isle group
Belfast 1790 1820 Incorporated on June 29, 1773 from Passagassawakeag Plantation - Part of Waldo Co. in 1827
Belmont 1820 1820 Incorporated on February 2, 1814 from Greene Plantation - Part of Waldo Co. in 1827
Black(s) Island 1820 1850 Island - part of the Frenchboro Long Island group
Blue Hill 1790 2000 Incorporated on February 02, 1789 from Blue Hill Bay Plantation. It annexed land from Sedgwick in 1831 and ceded land to the town of Penobscot in 1845.
Bradbury Isle 1870 1870 Island - Township part of Deer Isle group
Brooklin 1850 2000 Incorporated on June 9, 1849, under the name of Port Watson, from a portion of land set off from the town of Sedgwick. On July 23rd of the same year, its name was changed to Brooklin, BPP
Brooks 1820 1820 Incorporated on December 10, 1816 from the former Washington Plantation - - Part of Waldo Co. in 1827
Brooksville 1820 2000 Incorporated on June 13, 1817 from portions of Castine, Penobscot, and Sedgwick
Bucksport 1800 2000 Incorporated on June 27, 1792 as the town of Buckstown from Buckstown Plantation. Its name was changed to Bucksport on June 12, 1817.
Buckstown 1800 1810 See Bucksport
Burntcoat Island 1820 1830 Island - organized as Swan's Island Plantation in 1834
Butter Island 1810 1910 Island - Township part of Deer Isle group aka Diorigo Island Butler Island 
Calf Island 1830 1860 Island - aka Opechee Island in the Swan Isle group
Camden 1790 1790 Incorporated on February 17, 1791 from the former Cambden Plantation. Returned to Lincoln Co. 1790, Waldo Co. 1827 then Knox Co. 1860
Canaan 1790 1790 Canaan and Ducktrap were Incorporated as Lincolnville in 1802  - Part of Waldo Co. in 1827
Castine 1800 2000 Incorporated in 1796 from portions of the town of Penobscot
Central Hancock Unorganized Territory 1970 2000 Township - T8 SD also known as Fletchers Landing west of Ellsworth
Colburton 1800 1800 Cobenton Plantation which incorporated as Orono in 1806 - Penobscot Co. in 1816
Collegetown 1800 1800 Incorporated as Dixmont in 1807.  Collegetown aka College Township  - Penobscot Co. in 1816
Conduskeeg Plantation 1790 1790 Kenduskeag Plantation  - Portions of which became Levant (1813) and Bangor (1791) - Penobscot Co. in 1816
Conduskeep 1800 1800 See Conduckeeg Plantation
Conrey(s) Island 1830 1830 Island - Later part of Deer Isle (aka Black Island) East Side of Deer Isle
Conway(s) Island 1850 1850 Island - Later part of Deer Isle
Conway(s) Island (First) 1840 1840 Island - Later part of Deer Isle
Conway(s) Island (Second) 1840 1840 Island - Later part of Deer Isle
Cranberry Isles (Isle, Isles, Island) 1830 2000 Incorporated on March 16, 1830 from parts of Mount Desert, Baker's Island, Islesford, and T#3 E. Union River.
Davis Town 1800 1800  
Dedham 1840 2000 Incorporated on February 7, 1837 from township T8.
Deer Isle 1790 2000 Incorporated on February 2, 1789 from Deer Isle Plantation.
Dixmont 1810 1810 Incorporated on February 28, 1807 from township T3 R1 NWP   - Penobscot Co. in 1816
Duck Island (Isle) 1820 1850 See Frenchboro
Ducktrap 1790 1800 See Lincolnville and Northport  - Waldo Co. in 1827
Eagle Island 1810 1910 Island - Eagle Island Plantation - 7.2 km west of Deer Isle
Eastbrook 1830 2000 Incorporated on February 8, 1837 from township T15.
1810 1810 East Pond Settlement
Eastern River Township Number 2 1790 1790  
Eaton(s) Isle 1860 1860 Island - later part of Deer Isle
Eddington 1800 1810 Incorporated on February 22, 1811 from Eddington Plantation. - Penobscot Co. in 1816
Eddy Township 1790 1790 See Eddington
Eden 1800 1910 Incorporated on February 23, 1796 from land set off from the town of Mount Desert
Ellsworth 1800 2000 Incorporated as a town on February 26, 1800 from Plantation Number 7.
Frankfort 1790 1820 Incorporated on June 25, 1789  - Waldo Co. in 1827
Franklin 1830 2000 Incorporated on January 24, 1825 from portions of plantations number 8 and 9 and Beachland.
Frenchboro 1820 2000 Plantation - was once the town of Islandport, inc. February 11, 1857
Gouldsboro (Gouldsborough) 1790 2000 Incorporated on February 16, 1789 from Gouldsboro Plantation originally included Winter Harbor, Birch Harbor, Bunker's Harbor, Corea, Indian Harbor and Prospect Harbor.
Gott(s) Island 1830 1840 Island - Part of Mount Desert (Later Tremont). Gott island was earlier known as Little Placentia Island
Grand Falls 1840 1840 Formed in 1840 for election purposes as Grand Falls Plantation from the northern half of T2 ND; organized in 1856 and 1872; the entire township was organized in 1878; organization surrendered in 1981
Great Pond Plantation 1960 2000 Plantation - organized October 26, 1840 from township T33, MD
Great Spruce Island 1820 1820 Island -  later part of Deer Isle
Greene Plantation 1810 1810 See Greenfield - organized from T38 MD between 1800 and 1810
Greenfield 1840 1850 Incorporated 1834 as Greenfield - Penobscot Co. in 1858 - organization surrendered in 1993
Hacketash Island (Hacketosh) 1840 1850 Island - Part of Matinicus Island group set off to Lincoln County in 1852
Hampden 1800 1810 Incorporated on February 24, 1794 from Sowerdabscook Plantation. - Penobscot Co. in 1816
Hancock 1830 2000 Incorporated on February 21, 1828 from portions of Sullivan, Trenton, and T8 SD BPP
Harbor Island 1840 1840 Island - Later part of Swans Island
Hardwood Island 1840 1840 Island - Part of Mount Desert (later Tremont)
Hog Island 1810 1910 Island - Township near Brooklin
Holbrook Island 1840 1840 Island - Now part of Castine
Isle au Haut 1830 1830 Incorporated on February 28, 1874 from a portion of Deer Isle
Islesborough (Isleboro) 1790 1820 Incorporated on January 28, 1789 from Long Island Plantation - Waldo Co. 1827
Jackson 1810 1820 Incorporated on June 12, 1818 from Jackson Plantation - Waldo Co. 1827
Jarvis Gore 1810 1810 Unincorporated township part of this area became Eddington (1823) and remainder to Clifton (1848) - Penobscot Co. in 1816.  Named for land owner Philip Jarvis - a "gore" is formed from "surplus" land due surveying errors of adjacent towns.
John(s) Island 1830 1840 Island - part of the Swans Island group near Calf (Opechee) and Black Islands
Knox 1810 1820 Incorporated on February 12, 1819 from Knox Plantation - Waldo Co. 1827
Lamoine 1870 2000 Incorporated on February 11, 1870 from a portion of the town of Trenton. Includes former township of Marlboro, T#1 E. Union River.
Lasdell Island 1810 1810 Island -
Lea Gore 1810 1810 Possibly later part of Brooks, Monroe or Swanville (31 heads of households in 1810)
Lincoln Plantation 1810 1810 Lincoln Plantation became Thorndike February 15, 1819 - Waldo County in 1827
Lincolnville 1810 1820 Incorporated on June 23, 1802 from Canaan and Ducktrap Plantations  - Waldo County in 1827
Little Cranberry Island 1830 1830 Island - Part of Mount Desert (Later Cranberry Isle town)
Little Spruce Head Island 1840 1840 Island - Township west of Deer Isle
Long Island (Long Island Plantation) 1820 1970 Includes Frenchboro, Long Island, Harbor Island, Crow Island, Duck Island, E. Black Island, Plasentia Island, Pond Island.
Mantinicus Island 1820 1830 Island plantation Knox County, organized on October 22, 1840
Mariaville 1810 2000 Incorporated on February 29, 1836 from Mariaville Plantation. Included Amherst, Aurora and Waltham. Bingham, Mariaville North, T#20 MD.
Mark Island 1810 1830 Island - south of Stonington
Marshall(s) Island (Marshal) 1820 1910 Island - Township part of Swans Island group
Matinicus Island 1840 1850 Part of Matinicus Island group  - Lincoln County in 1843
Matinicus Light 1850 1850 Part of Matinicus Island group - Lincoln County in 1852
Mintincus Island 1810 1830 see Mantinicus Island
Monroe 1820 1820 Incorporated on January 12, 1818 from Lee Plantation - Waldo County in 1827
Montinrous Island 1800 1800 see Mantinicus Island
Moose Island 1830 1830 Island - part of Mount Desert (later Tremont)
Mount Desert 1790 2000 Incorporated on February 17, 1789 from Mount Desert Plantation. Included Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Tremont. Asticou, Northeast Harbor, Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Somesville, Hall Quarry, Pretty Marsh, Sound, T#3 E. Union River.
Mount Desert Rock (Island) 1850 1910 Island - approximately 25 nautical miles south of Bar Harbor
North Harwick 1800 1800 Near Prospect
Northport 1800 1820 Incorporated on February 13, 1796 from Ducktrap Plantation - Waldo County in 1827
Number 10 1850 1860 T10 SD BPP
Number 21 1850 1850 T21MD BPP
Number 33 1850 1850 T33MD BPP later Great Pond Plantation
Number 7 1860 1860 T7 SD BPP
Number 8 1850 1870 T8 SD BPP
Number 9 1850 1850 T9 SD BPP
Ohio Settlement 1800 1800 Incorporated on June 21, 1811 as Corinth - 1816 Penobscot Co.
Olammon Settlement (Olamon Plantation) 1810 1830 From T38 MD BPP became Greenfield Plantation, Greenfield town in 1838 and Greenfield Township in 1993.  Set of to Penobscot County in 1858.
Old Harbor Isle (Old Harbor Island) 1850 1870 Island - part of Swans Island group
Orland 1800 2000 Incorporated on February 21, 1800 from the township T2 Alamasook, Eastern River, T#2 Marsh's Purchase.
Orono 1810 1810 Incorporated 1806 from Stillwater Plantation - Penobscot Co. 1816
Orphan Island 1830 1830 See Verona Island
Orrington 1790 1810 Incorporated on March 21, 1788 from New Worcester Plantation, also known as China Plantation - Penobscot Co. 1816
Osborn Plantation 1930 2000 Town - Initially organized for election purposes as 21 MD on October 23, 1840. Its name was changed to Osborn on April 4, 1923. It was incorporated as a town on February 11, 1976.
Otis 1830 2000 Incorporated on March 19, 1835 from part of Dedham. T#8 Marsh's Purchase.
Page(s) Mills Settlement 1830 1830 Page's Mills Settlement, a strip 2 miles wide lying north of township number one, North Division, was set off to Lowell in Penobscot County, February 20, 184. A tract was set off from Bucksport and Dedham to the town of Brewer, April 10, 1841.
Passadumkeag 1830 1830 Incorporated on January 31, 1835 from the township known as the Old Indian Purchase, east of the Penobscot River, or OIP, EPR. In 1842 it ceded land to Lowell - Penobscot Co. 1816
Penobscot 1790 2000 Incorporated on February 23, 1787 from Majabigwaduce Plantation, also known as Plantation Number Three. Originally included Brooksville and Castine Majorbigwaduce, T#3 Marsh's Purchase.
Pickering(s) Island 1830 1870 Island - part of Deer Isle group
Placentia Island 1820 1850 Island - part of Frenchboro
Plantation Number 1 1840 1840  
Plantation Number 2 1850 1850  
Plantation Number 6 1800 1800  
Plantation Number 7 1820 1910 T7 SD BPP
Plantation Number 8 1800 1910 T8 SD BPP
Plantation Number 9 1820 1820 T9 SD BPP
Plantation Number 10 1840 1870 T32 MD BPP
Plantation Number 14 1800 1830 T32 MD BPP
Plantation Number 15 1820 1820 T32 MD BPP
Plantation Number 20 1830 1830 T32 MD BPP
Plantation Number 21 1830 1920 Plantation - became Osborn Plantation
Plantation Number 26 1830 1830 Plantation - became Amherst in 1831
Plantation Number 27 1830 1830 Plantation - became Aurora in 1831 aka Richards
Plantation Number 28 1870 1870 T32 MD BPP
Plantation Number 32 1860 1870 T32 MD BPP
Plantation Number 33 1830 1970 Formerly Township T33 MD which became Great Pond Plantation
Pond Isle (Pond Island) 1810 1850 Island - Most western island in Frenchboro near Calf and Black Island
Prospect 1800 1820 Incorporated on February 24, 1794 from a portion of Frankfort - Waldo Co. 1827
Pumpkin Isle 1860 1910 Part of Deer Isle Group - has lighthouse
Quantabacook 1800 1800 Sowadabscook
Ragged Island 1830 1830 Part of Matinicus Island group - Lincoln County in 1852
Robertsons Island 1830 1830 Island - Part of Mount Desert - aka Tinker's Island or Robinson's Island (later Seaville then part of Tremont)
Rock Island 1920 1920  
Round Island 1830 1830 Island - Part of Swan Isle
Scarborough 1820 1820 Gouldsboro - (Scarborough in ancestry.com index)
Searsmont 1820 1820 Incorporated on February 5, 1814 from Searsmont Plantation - Waldo Co. 1827
Seaville 1840 1850 Incorporated in 1838 from Mount Desert islands of Bartletts, Hardwood, Robinsons (Tinker's Isle), surrendered  February 24 1859 Bartlett returned to Mount Desert and Hardwood and Tinkers to Tremont.
Sedgwick (Sedgewick) 1790 2000 Incorporated on January 14, 1789 from the township of Naskeag or T4, Marsh's Purchase.
Sorrento 1900 2000 Incorporated on March 3, 1895 from a portion of Sullivan T#2 E. Union River.
Southwest Harbor 1910 2000 Incorporated on February 21, 1905 from a portion of Tremont.
Spoon Island 1830 1830 Island - Part of Deer Isle
Spruce Head Island 1810 1870 Island - Part of Deer Isle
States Land 1810 1810  
Stonington 1900 2000 Incorporated on February 18, 1897 from a portion of the town of Deer Isle.
Strip North Number 1 1840 1840  
Sullivan 1790 2000 Incorporated on February 16, 1789 from the township T2 EUR, LS. Included Sorrento. New Bristol, Ashville, Waskeag, Waukeag, T#2 E. Union River.
Sunkhase 1800 1800 Incorporated as Milford on February 28, 1833 - Penobscot Co. 1816
Sunk Haze Settlement 1810 1810 See Sunkase
Surry 1810 2000 Incorporated on June 21, 1803 from the T#6 Marsh's Purchase.
Suttons Island 1830 1830 Island - Part of Cranberry Isle group (Mount Desert town in 1830)
Swans Island (Swan Track) 1810 2000 Incorporated on March 26, 1897 from Swan's Island Plantation.
Swanville 1820 1820 Incorporated on February 19, 1818 from Swan's Tract Plantation - Waldo Co. 1827
Thorndike 1820 1820 Incorporated on February 15, 1819 from Lincoln Plantation - Waldo Co. 1827
T inkers Island 1840 1840 Part of Mount Desert (Later Seaville thenTremont)
Township Number 1 1790 1820  
Township Number 1, Range 3 1810 1810  
Township Number 1, Range 4 1810 1810  
Township Number 1, Range 5 1810 1810  
Township Number 10 1830 1920  
Township Number 10, South Division 1930 1950 T10 SD BPP
Township Number 15 1830 1830  
Township Number 16, Middle Division 1940 1940 T16 MD BPP
Township Number 2 1840 1840  
Township Number 2 West of Penobscot 1800 1800  
Township Number 2, Range 2 1810 1810  
Township Number 2, Range 3 1810 1810  
Township Number 2, Range 4 1810 1810  
Township Number 2, Range 5 1810 1810  
Township Number 2, Range 6 1810 1810  
Township Number 2, Range 7 1810 1810  
Township Number 2, Range1 1810 1810  
Township Number 20 1820 1820 Township - became Mariaville in 1836
Township Number 21 1820 1890  
Township Number 22 1900 1900  
Township Number 22, Middle Division 1940 1940 T22 MD BPP
Township Number 26 1820 1820 Township - became Amherst in 1831
Township Number 27 1820 1820  
Township Number 28 1880 1910  
Township Number 28, Middle Division 1940 1940 T28 MD BPP
Township Number 3, North Division 1940 1940 T3 ND BPP
Township Number 3, Range 2 1810 1810  
Township Number 3, Range 3 1810 1810  
Township Number 3, Range 4 1810 1810  
Township Number 3, Range 5 1810 1810  
Township Number 3, Range 6 1810 1810  
Township Number 3, Range 7 1810 1810  
Township Number 32 1870 1920 T32 MD BPP
Township Number 32, Middle Division 1930 1940 T32 MD BPP
Township Number 33 1820 1850 Township - later Plantation 33
Township Number 34, Middle Division 1940 1940 T34 MD BPP
Township Number 38 1820 1820  
Township Number 39 1880 1900  
Township Number 4 1810 1810  
Township Number 4, North Division 1940 1940 T4 ND BPP
Township Number 4, Range 7 1810 1810  
Township Number 5, Range 7 1810 1810  
Township Number 5, Range 8 1810 1810  
Township Number 6 1790 1790  
Township Number 6, Range 8 1810 1810  
Township Number 7 1810 1920  
Township Number 7, South Division 1920 1950 T7 SD BPP
Township Number 8 1810 1920  
Township Number 8, South Division 1920 1950 T8 SD BPP
Township Number 9 1810 1910  
Township Number 9, South Division 1940 1950 T9 SD BPP
Township Numbers 2 and 3 1800 1800  
Tremont 1850 2000 Incorporated on June 3, 1848 under the name of Mansel. The name was change to Tremont August 8, 1848.
Trenton 1790 2000 Incorporated on February 16, 1789 from Plantation Number One East of the Union River.
Union River 1800 1800  
Verona Island 1840 2000 Incorporated on February 18, 1861 from Wetmore Isle Plantation
Vinalhaven 1790 1830 Incorporated on June 25, 1789 from portions of North and South Fox Islands - Waldo Co. 1838, Knox Co. 1860
Waldo 1820 1820 Incorporated on March 17, 1845 from Waldo Plantation - Waldo Co. 1827
Waltham 1840 2000 Incorporated on January 29, 1833 from the township Number 14 MD
Washington Plantation 1810 1810 Incorporated on December 10, 1816 as Brooks, formed from part of the Waldo Patent (Muscongus Patent) set off to Waldo County in 1827
Wetmore Island (Wetmore Island Plantation) 1850 1860

Now Verona Island (Town)
Winter Harbor 1900 2000

Incorporated on February 21, 1895 from a portion of Gouldsboro.
Wooden Ball Island (Wooden Ball Rock) 1840 1850

Island - part of Matinicus Island group set off to Lincoln County in 1852

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