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Hancock (Me. : Town)

LC control no.n 2002071675
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Geographic headingHancock (Me. : Town)
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Geographic subdivision usageMaine--Hancock (Town)
Variant(s)Hancock Township (Me.)
Beginning date1828-02-21
Associated placeHancock County (Me.)
Found inNUCMC data from Maine Folklife Center for Grindle, J. Oral history interview, 1980 (name not given; Hancock, Me.)
GNIS, Aug. 20, 2002 (Hancock, Town of; civil; Hancock County, Me.; variant: Hancock Township; lat.: 443128N; long.: 0681701W; map: Hancock)
Attwood, S.B. Length and breadth of Maine, 1946 p. 161 (Hancock; Town; Hancock County; prev. designations: see Sullivan, Trenton, 8 SD BPP [last named not in LC database]; settled 1764; set off from 8 SD BPP, Sullivan and Trenton and incorp. Feb. 21, 1828 the 281st town; parts set off to Franklin, Feb. 18, 1852, to Gouldsboro Feb. 26, 1870, to Lamoine and part of Lamoine annexed Apr. 9, 1929)
Geographic area coden-us-me