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Hancock County at a Glance

Every number on this page is computed from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer records for this county. Nothing here is estimated.

37 municipalities1,587.1 sq mi landCensus 2024
1cities
36towns
0plantations
4other areas

Census-derived totals

Land, water, and communities

Land area

All county subdivisions

1,587.1 square miles across 41 Census county subdivisions.

Water area

Lakes, rivers, coastal water

757.8 square miles of water area recorded in the same dataset.

Municipal governments

Cities, towns, plantations

37 organised municipalities, plus 4 unorganized territories and 0 gores or reservation lands.

Largest by land area

Hancock County's biggest municipalities

Ranked by Census land area, not population.

Ellsworth79.3 sq mi Blue Hill62.5 sq mi Bucksport51.5 sq mi Orland47.0 sq mi Gouldsboro46.3 sq mi

All municipalities

Every city, town, and plantation

Open any community for its businesses, nearby towns, and Census facts.

AmherstTown AuroraTown Bar HarborTown Blue HillTown BrooklinTown BrooksvilleTown BucksportTown CastineTown Cranberry IslesTown DedhamTown Deer IsleTown EastbrookTown EllsworthCity FranklinTown FrenchboroTown GouldsboroTown Great PondTown HancockTown LamoineTown MariavilleTown Mount DesertTown OrlandTown OsbornTown OtisTown PenobscotTown SedgwickTown SorrentoTown Southwest HarborTown StoningtonTown SullivanTown SurryTown Swans IslandTown TremontTown TrentonTown Verona IslandTown WalthamTown Winter HarborTown

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer, County Subdivisions (retrieved 2026-10-19). Totals are summed from the county's records; they are not population estimates.