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Our Hanover, ME real estate website provides a wealth of information for home buyers and home sellers. Below, you will find information on the history and culture of Hanover as well as links to more detailed information such as demographics and schools. You may view a virtual tour, search homes for sale, and access information on different types of properties such as condos, farms, foreclosures, and vacation homes. This website will give you everything you need to buy or sell a home in Hanover, ME.
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Hanover ME Community Profile & History
Hanover, Maine is a small town in Oxford County. Though primarily residential in nature today, Hanover sits at the heart of a major tourist region, with excellent opportunities for recreation, leisure and sightseeing in the mountains, lakes, rivers and lush forests that dominate the natural landscape. Nearby ski areas include Shawnee Peak in Bridgton, Sunday River in Bethel, Black Mountain in Rumford, Saddleback Mountain in Rangley and Sugarloaf in Carabasset Valley.
The area that now comprises Hanover was first settled in 1774 by Nathaniel Segar of Newton, Massachusetts. Phineas Howard of Temple, New Hampshire purchased the unoccupied land in the township, including Howard's Pond, from the state of Massachusetts in 1792. The community was then known as Howard's Gore. Combined with a portion of Bethel separated by the Androscoggin River, it then became Hanover, named by its German settlers for the House of Hanover. It was incorporated on February 14, 1843.
Endowed with fine loam soil, Hanover enjoyed a bustling agricultural economu im its early years. Indeed, Hanover was known for having some of the best intervale farms in the state. A variety of crops were grown, the chief being hay. The outlet of Howard's Pond provided water power for industry. At Hanover Village, 12 mills were established. They produced flour, woolens, furniture, short and long lumber, sash, blinds and doors, dowels and rakes. Other goods manufactured included leather, boots and shoes. While the last mills closed in the early 1950's, Hanover has since emerged as a prime site for both year-round homes and vacation properties. Residents and visitors alike enjoy bountiful opportunites for hiking, fishing, skiing, snowmobiling and boating along the Androscoggin River, in the White Mountain National Forest, and in the many other state and local recreation areas nearby.Hanover Maine Community Information
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