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Hancock County, Maine

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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136historic places

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1790formed

55,478pop. 2020

266cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 136 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Bar Harbor, Ellsworth, Bucksport.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Maine is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Hancock titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

85 of 136 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

136 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Abbe, Robert, Museum of Stone Antiquities	Bar Harbor	Building	1983
Agassiz Bedrock Outcrop	Ellsworth	Site	2003
BOWDOIN (schooner) NHL	Castine	Structure	1980
Baker Island Light Station	Islesford	District	1988
Barncastle	Blue Hill	Building	1980
Bass Harbor Head Light Station	Bass Harbor	District	1988
Bass Harbor Memorial Library	Tremont	Building	2009
Bear Island Light Station	Northeast Harbor	District	1988
Beth Eden Chapel	Brooklin	Building	2001
Black Mansion	Ellsworth	Building	1969
Blackwoods Campground	Bar Harbor	District	2007
Blue Hill Historic District	Blue Hill	District	1980
Brick School House	Aurora	Building	1980
Brooklin IOOF Hall	Brooklin	Building	1990
Brown-Pilsbury Double House	Bucksport	Building	1997
Buck Memorial Library	Bucksport	Building	1987
Bucksport Railroad Station	Bucksport	Building	1975
Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station	Swans Island	District	1988
Carriage Paths, Bridges and Gatehouses	Acadia National Park	District	1979
Castine Historic District	Castine	District	1973
Cate House	Castine	Building	1970
Church of Our Father	Hulls Cove	Building	1999
Claremont Hotel	Southwest Harbor	Building	1978
Cleftstone	Bar Harbor	Building	1999
Cover Farm	Hulls Cove	District	1995
Criterion Theatre	Bar Harbor	Building	1980
Crosby Lodge	Hancock	Building	2025
Dix Family Stable	Bass Harbor	Building	1990
Duck Cove School	Bucksport	Building	1993
East Blue Hill Library	East Blue Hill	Building	1990
East Blue Hill Post Office	East Blue Hill	Building	2003
Eastbrook Baptist Church and Eastbrook Town House	Eastbrook	Building	1978
Edgecliff	Southwest Harbor	Building	2013
Eegonos	Bar Harbor	Building	1980
Egg Rock Light Station	Winter Harbor	District	1988
Ellsworth City Hall	Ellsworth	Building	1986
Ellsworth Commercial Historic District	Ellsworth	District	2026
Ellsworth Congregational Church	Ellsworth	Building	1973
Ellsworth Power House and Dam	Ellsworth	District	1985
Elm Street Congregational Church and Parish House	Bucksport	Building	1990
Emery, James, House	Bucksport	Building	1974
Far From the Wolf	Winter Harbor	Building	2023
Farm House, The	Bar Harbor	District	2007
Fernald Point Prehistoric Site	Southwest Harbor	Site	1978
First Baptist Church	E. Lamoine	Building	2001
First Baptist Church	Sedgwick	Building	1973
Flye Point 2	Brooklin	Site	1985
Forest Farm	Brooksville	District	2025
Fort George	Castine	Structure	1969
Free Baptist Church of Great Pond, The	Great Pond	Building	2012
Garland Farm	Bar Harbor	District	2005
Gavin Watson Site	Sullivan	Site	1987
Gilman, Daniel Coit, Summer Home NHL	Northeast Harbor	Building	1966
Goddard Site	Brooklin	Site	1979
Grand, The	Ellsworth	Building	2012
Granite Store	Sullivan	Building	1974
Great Duck Island Light Station	Frenchboro	District	1988
Hammond, Edward J., Hall	Winter Harbor	Building	2004
Hancock County Jail	Ellsworth	Building	2008
Hancock Point School	Hancock	Building	2013
Harbor Lane-Eden Street Historic District	Bar Harbor	District	2009
Haskell, Squire Ignatius, House	Deer Isle	Building	1978
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts	Deer Isle	District	2005
Heywood, Phineas, House	Bucksport	Building	1988
Higgins Barn	Indian Point	Building	2004
Highseas	Bar Harbor	Building	1978
Hinckley, Ward, House	Blue Hill	Building	1974
Hulls Cove High School	Hulls Cove	Building	1999
Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Ducks Ships Store	Islesford	Building	1980
Jarvis, Col. Charles and Mary Ann, Homestead	Ellsworth	Building	2004
Jesup Memorial Library	Bar Harbor	Building	1991
Jonathan Fisher Memorial	Blue Hill	Building	1969
Jordon, Col, Meltiah, House	Ellsworth	Building	1974
Kane, John Innes, Cottage	Bar Harbor	Building	1992
Lucerne Inn	Dedham	Building	1982
Moonspring Hermitage	Surry	District	2021
Moore-Mayo House	Bass Harbor	Building	2004
Mount Desert Island Hiking Trail System	Bar Harbor	District	2022
Mount Desert Light Station	Frenchboro	District	1988
Nannau	Bar Harbor	Building	1984
Nazi Spy Landing Site	Hancock Point	Site	2003
Off-the-Neck Historic District	Castine	District	1986
Old Hancock County Buildings	Ellsworth	Building	1977
Old Red Store	Tremont	Building	2019
Olmsted, Frederick Law, Summer Home	Sunset	Building	1976
Parker House	Bluee Hill	Building	2004
Pentagoet Archeological District NHL	Castine	District	1993
Perkins, John, House	Castine	Building	1969
Peters, John, House	Blue Hill	Building	1983
Pond Island Archeological District	Deer Isle	Site	1979
Powers, Peter, House	Deer Isle	Building	1980
Prospect Harbor Light Station	Prospect Harbor	District	1988
Prouty, Jed, Tavern and Inn	Bucksport	Building	1986
Pumpkin Island Light Station	Sargentville	District	1988
Raventhorp	Southwest Harbor	Building	1988
Redwood	Bar Harbor	Building	1978
Reverie Cove	Bar Harbor	Building	1982
Robertson Quarry Galamander	West Franklin	Structure	1992
Rural Hall	Surry	Building	2004
Saint Jude's Episcopal Church	Seal Harbor	Building	1986
Saint Saviour's Episcopal Church and Rectory	Bar Harbor	Building	1995
Schoodic Peninsula Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Winter Harbor, Acadia National Park	District	2007
Sea Change	Northeast Harbor	District	2009
Seal Harbor Congregational Church	Seal Harbor	Building	1985
Seawall Campground	Bar Harbor	District	2007
Sedgwick Historic District	Sedgwick	District	1995
Sellers, Salome, House	Deer Isle	Building	1983
Shore Acres	Lamoine Beach	Building	2000
Soderholtz, Eric E., Cottage	West Gouldsboro	Building	1992
Somesville Historic District	Mount Desert	District	1975
Sorrento Library	Sorrento	Building	1995
Sound Schoolhouse	Mount Desert	Building	2019
Sproul's Cafe	Bar Harbor	Building	1982
St. Edward's Convent, (Former)	Bar Harbor	Building	1998
St. Mary's-By-The-Sea	Northeast Harbor	Building	2000
Stanwood Homestead	Ellsworth	Building	1973
Stone Barn Farm	Salsbury Cove	District	2001
Stonington Opera House	Stonington	Building	1991
Surry Town Hall	Surry	Building	2008
Surry Village School	Surry	Building	2020
Topside	Brooksville	Building	1975
Turrets, The	Bar Harbor	Building	1974
U.S. Naval Radio Station-Apartment Building and Power House	Winter Harbor	Building	2013
US Post Office-Bar Harbor Main	Bar Harbor	Building	1986
Union Church of Northeast Harbor	Northeast Harbor	Building	1998
Von Mach Site (ME l5l/02)	Brooksville	Site	1989
West Brooksville Congregational Church	West Brooksville	Building	1995
West Gouldsboro Union Church	West Gouldsboro	Building	1990
West Gouldsboro Village Library	West Gouldsboro	Building	1991
West Street Historic District	Bar Harbor	District	1980
White, E. B., House	Brooklin	Building	1986
Whiting, Samuel Kidder, House	Ellsworth	Building	1983
Wilson Hall	Bucksport	Building	1983
Wilson Museum	Castine	Building	2025
Winter Harbor Light Station	Winter Harbor	District	1988
Winter Harbor Schoolhouse	Winter Harbor	Building	2025

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hancock was formed in 1790 (1790-05-01) from Lincoln.

HANCOCK created by Massachusetts from LINCOLN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hancock County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
9,549	16,358	31,290	28,605	37,757	38,129	37,241	30,361	32,422	32,105	32,293	41,781	51,791	55,478

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Acadia National Park	National Park	28.7 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

266 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 266 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abbott Field Cemetery	44.62166	-68.25851
Alley Cemetery	44.41201	-68.40391
Ames Cemetery	44.15867	-68.64745
Amherst Cemetery	44.83779	-68.37944
Anderson Cemetery	44.47051	-68.41998
Aurora Cemetery	44.84432	-68.33272
Babbidge Murphy Burial Ground	44.27153	-68.38961
Back Ridge Cemetery	44.54825	-68.67423
Baker Island Cemetery	44.24394	-68.20318
Bartlett Island Cemetery 1	44.36793	-68.428
Bartlett Island Cemetery 2	44.35095	-68.43503
Bartlett Island Cemetery 3	44.35057	-68.43461
Bartlett Island Cemetery 6	44.3297	-68.43392
Bartlett Island Number 5 Cemetery	44.33653	-68.45078
Bay Cemetery	44.46479	-68.70836
Bayview Cemetery	44.59229	-68.21557
Bayview Cemetery	44.40799	-68.46193
Beech Hill Cemetery	44.67514	-68.42511
Beechland Cemetery	44.5189	-68.39716
Benjamin Norwood Cemetery	44.28794	-68.4251
Benson Cemetery	44.23594	-68.36076
Bernard Cemetery	44.24962	-68.35794
Birch Grove Cemetery	44.55631	-68.5497
Birch Tree Cemetery	44.51514	-68.14557
Blaisdell Cemetery	44.53659	-68.244
Blodgett Family Cemetery	44.39167	-68.75666
Bowden Devereaux Cemetery	44.44429	-68.78695
Bragdon - Hall Cemetery	44.48934	-68.16524
Bridges Cemetery	44.47873	-68.73091
Brookside Cemetery	44.36161	-68.33769
Brookside Cemetery	44.69268	-68.66466
Brown Cemetery	44.33892	-68.30145
Buck Cemetery	44.57109	-68.78456
Bunker Cemetery	44.24437	-68.26116
Burns Richardson Burial Ground	44.38969	-68.35745
Camp Stream Cemetery	44.39686	-68.67815
Carters Point Cemetery	44.28748	-68.63206
Carver Field Cemetery	44.31834	-68.81834
Castine Town Cemetery	44.39562	-68.79503
Center Cemetery	44.31805	-68.40641
Central Cemetery	44.69237	-68.63642
Clark Family Burying Ground	44.27797	-68.31356
Coleman Family Cemetery	44.32087	-68.81802
Coles Point Cemetery	44.18175	-68.61474
Corea Cemetery	44.41007	-67.98834
Crimmins Cemetery	44.69049	-68.24427
Crockett Point Cemetery	44.24613	-68.35515
Cunningham Ridge Cemetery	44.50015	-68.58525
Cunningham Ridge Cemetery	44.50024	-68.58525
Curtis Cove Cemetery	44.41424	-68.51363
Dark Mountain Road Cemetery	44.56986	-68.73969
Doanes Point Cemetery	44.47516	-68.16794
Dodges Point Cemetery	44.37334	-68.76167
Dolliver Family Burial Ground	44.24122	-68.30739
Dorr Thompson Cemetery	44.56745	-68.61443
Doyle Cemetery	44.50739	-68.15652
Dyer Cemetery	44.50312	-68.14861
Dyer Cemetery	44.35311	-68.81102
Early Settlers Cemetery	44.41312	-68.59419
East Franklin Cemetery	44.57243	-68.1958
East Lamoine Cemetery	44.46868	-68.32029
Eaton Cemetery	44.21859	-68.82398
Emery Cemetery	44.41327	-68.29763
Emery Family Burial Ground	44.43078	-68.28598
Evergreen Cemetery	44.33312	-68.80423
Evergreen Cemetery	44.57543	-68.72665
Evergreen Cemetery	44.30039	-68.32898
Evergreen Hill Cemetery	44.63476	-68.7781
Flye Cemetery	44.28798	-68.39843
Forest Cemetery	44.16016	-68.68177
Forest Hill Cemetery	44.25938	-68.64758
Forest Hill Cemetery	44.31122	-68.28211
Forest Hill Cemetery	44.47923	-68.34335
Forest Home Cemetery	44.31142	-68.66618
Freethy Cemetery	44.25423	-68.54175
Front Ridge Cemetery	44.54343	-68.68644
Frost Cemetery	44.75665	-68.3991
Fullerton Milliken Cemetery	44.50246	-68.43075
Gilley Burying Ground	44.29107	-68.32239
Goose Cove Cemetery	44.43674	-68.40113

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Nicolin	44.62119	-68.51447
Penobscot	44.38785	-68.79975

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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