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9 unusual facts about Hancock County


Charles F. Urschel

Charles F. Urschel was born in Washington Township, Hancock County, Ohio in 1890 to Daniel Urschel and Emma (Anna) M Bangert.

Freeman Lord

Lord was born Freeman Hersie Lord on March 10, 1842 in Hancock County, Maine.

Hancock County, Georgia

James Abercrombie, (1795–1861), born in Hancock County, later member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama.

Hancock County, Indiana

Edward E. Moore, Indiana state senator and Los Angeles City Council member

Hancock County, Maine

Hancock County is home to Acadia National Park (the only national park in Maine or the New England region, excluding the national sea shore on Cape Cod) and Cadillac Mountain (the highest point in Maine's coastal region).

Hancock County, Tennessee

98.0% were White, 0.4% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% of some other race and 1.1% of two or more races.

The county seat, Sneedville, was named in honor of attorney William H. Sneed, who represented the county in the court case.

MPTA-098

On June 24, 1977, MPTA-098 was delivered by Rockwell International to the National Space Technology Laboratory (NSTL), in Hancock County, Mississippi, where it was mated with the Main Propulsion Test Article External Tank (MPTA-ET), mounted in a launch orientation and used for static engine tests.

Willow Branch, Indiana

Willow Branch is an incorporated metropolis in Brown Township, Hancock County, Indiana.


Illini West High School

Illini West High School, or IWHS, is a public four-year high school located at 600 Miller Street in Carthage, Illinois, a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States.

Robert H. Crosthwaite

A Republican, Crosthwaite represented District 38, which included Ellsworth, Otis and Trenton, all in Hancock County while in the Maine House of Representatives.


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Municipal Court of Nauvoo

In June 1844, the Circuit Court for Hancock County charged Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and 15 other co-defendants with inciting a "riot" in the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor.

Pearlington, Mississippi

Ten days after the hurricane more or less annihilated the tiny hamlet on the Louisiana state line, Jeff McVay and five other members of a state emergency response team from Walton County, Florida, arrived at the request of Hancock County.

WQRZ-LP

On August 14, 2001 Brice Phillips (KB5MPW), President of the Hancock County Amateur Radio Association, was granted a construction permit to build the first solar powered LPFM Broadcast Station, which combined Broadcasting with Amateur radio.