Gazetteer of the State of Maine With Numerous Illustrations, by Geo. J. Varney
BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY B. B. RUSSELL, 57 CORNHILL. 1882. Public domain image from
HANOVER.
Minerals and ores are found as follows : Brooksville, iron pyrites ; Blue Hill,—fluor spur, galena (lead ore), wolfram (ore of tin), hydrate of silica, manganese, limestone, phosphate of lime ; Bucksport,—lime- stone, clay slate, quartz; Castine,—quartz, argillacious slate, plastic clay; Deer Isle,—asbestos, novaculite, limestone. Veins of zinc and copper occur in No. 7 and in Gouldsboro. Bog iron is found in almost every town. Gold has been found in Bucksport, Orland and Surry.
An abstract of observations in temperature in Surry shows that the average degree of greatest cold for four year§ was 12° 20' below zero ; and the average of greatest heat for the same length of time was 92° Fahrenheit. The mean summer temperature for the same time was 67° 21', and the yearly mean 44° 44'. Hancock County has two cus- toms districts, two ports of entry, six deputy districts, eight ports of delivery, twenty-six hailing ports, and thirteen United States custom house officials. The county was organized in 1789, being named in honor of John Hancock. Portions wrnre taken from it in 1816 to form Penobscot, and in 1827, to form Waldo. Ellsworth has been the shire town since 1837. The valuation of estates in the county in 1870 was $7,554,073. In 1880 it was $7,897,488. The population in 1870 was 36,495. In 1880 it was 38,131.
Hanover, in Oxford County, lies on the north side of Bethel, of which it was formerly a part. It constituted the north-east corner of the latter town, and is separated from it by the Androscoggin River. Its form is that of a triangle, having, for its base the irregular line ot the Androscoggin. The extreme length in a direct line on the river is about 5 miles. Rumford bounds it on the north-east, and Newry on the north-west. The surface is broken and uneven. Bear and Bart- lett mountains are the principal eminences, and Howes Ledge a prom- inent object. Howards Pond, with an area of 250 acres, has an alti- tude of 365 feet above the Androscoggin into which it empties miles southward. The forests contain the large variety of trees com- mon in the region. The town has some of the best interval farms in the State. The soil is a fine loam, yielding well of all crops, but chiefly hay. The rock in general is a coarse granite.
The water-power is on the outlet of Howards Pond. There is a dam near the pond. At Hanover Village, a canal on each side of the stream conducts waterto the mills, of which there are seven. There is also a steam mill for the manufacture of dowels. The other manu- factures are woollens, leather, boots and shoes, furniture, flour, meal, long and short lumber, sash, blinds and doors, rakes, etc. Lockes Mills, on the Grand Trunk Railway, 7 miles distant, is the nearest station. The town is on the stage-route from Andover to Bryants Pond, another station on the Grand Trunk.
Hanover was first settled by Nathaniel Segar, from Newton, Mass., in the spring of 1774. He was subsequently in the United States service until 1780, when he again became a resident of Hanover. In 1781, he was taken captive by the Indians on their last hostile incur- sion in Maine, and was held a prisoner by them for sixteen months. He then a third time returned to this place, where he spent the remain- der of his days. In 1780 and soon after came Jonathan Bean, Jesse Duston, Moses and Stephen Bartlett. About the year 1792 Phineas Howard, from Temple, N. H., purchased the unoccupied land in this
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