Hancock County, Maine
Hancock County · Ellsworth is the shire · Bar Harbor is a town, not a second county
Ellsworth is the shire, not Bar Harbor
Hancock is a geographic county whose county government still sits. Voters elect commissioners, a Sheriff, treasurer, and deeds. Bar Harbor is a town in this county. Acadia is federal land. Stonington and Deer Isle are this map. Bucksport is this county, not Penobscot.
This page is Side One. The Sheriff’s job is taught at Office of the Sheriff — Hancock County.
Union River and the island towns
The Union River made the shire. Island ferries are a winter fact. Cadillac is in the distance. Machias is Washington. Bangor is Penobscot. Augusta is the capital.
Sheriff 2026 on a Downeast mainland
SOS 27 February 2026 table: Hancock Sheriff 2026. Treasurer and deeds 2026 — different desks. Confirm on the SOS table.
How an Ellsworth public reaches State Street
Courts sit in Ellsworth. Each town has its own site. Island towns have boat clocks. Official employment pages, not campaign sites.
Custody, courts, papers, island-ferry rights
Crime and fire are town. Jail and civil process are the Sheriff. Prosecution is District 7. Remedy for Bar Harbor Police is that town. Remedy for a jail issue is 50 State Street. Relief when the ferry dies is mutual aid. Service of a paper is still a person on Deer Isle in March.
Place snapshot (verify official sources)
- Seat: Ellsworth · Land: Union River, MDI, island towns · not the capital
- Sheriff: elected, four-year, SOS 2026 · 50 State Street
- Look up official Hancock County site
What this is not
- Not Washington. Not Penobscot. Not Acadia rangers. Not a campaign flyer.