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Place Name
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Hancock County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Ellsworth
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Population
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46,948 (1990)
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Location
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Maine, United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°32'N
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Longitude
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68°22'W
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Hancock
, county (
2,351 sq mi/6,089 sq km; 1990
pop. 46,948), S and SE Maine;  Ellsworth; 44°32'N 68°22'W.
Gateway to Mt. Desert Isl. and Acadia Natl. Park. Mfg. (wood and paper
prods., machinery). Agr.; dairying; granite quarrying; hunting and
fishing. Bays, isls., and inland lakes are resort sites. Drained by
Penobscot R.
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