Hancock New Hampshire

Hancock started as an unidentified settlement on the Contoocook River in 1764, in lands known as "Society Lands" or Cumberland, which had been reserved for the proprietors of lands that later became New Hampshire. Upon incorporation in 1779, the town was named Hancock after John Hancock, the first governor of Massachusetts, the President of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Hancock was the owner of 1,875 acres in the town and was one of the wealthiest men in America.

The land for the Commons was deeded in 1785, along the south shore of Norway Pond, after many homes were built. A meetinghouse and the Hancock Inn were built in 1785 and by 1840, there were at least 33 homes and businesses in the village. Although the town has been expanded and altered over the years, it still looks remarkably as it did in 1840.

Visitors to Hancock will enjoy the traditional New England town look, situated in the shadow of Mt. Monadnock, and they can venture off to nearby Powder Mill Pond, Greenfield State Park, or the covered bridge called County Bridge.

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