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Ellsworth is a city in and the
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of
Hancock County, Maine Hancock County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 55,478. Its county seat is Ellsworth, Maine, Ellsworth. The county was incorporated ...
, United States. The 2020 Census determined it had a population of 8,399. Named after United States Founding Father
Oliver Ellsworth Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 – November 26, 1807) was a Founding Father of the United States, Attorney at law, attorney, jurist, politician, and diplomat. Ellsworth was a framer of the United States Constitution, United States senator fr ...
, it contains historic buildings and other points of interest, and is close to
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.


History

According to the history of the
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people, the Ellsworth area was originally inhabited by members of the Passamaquoddy and
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tribes: "Both groups speak closely related
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, although
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s generally group the Passamaquoddies
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with the
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s and the Penobscots with the
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s.
History
George J. Varney, in the "Hancock County, Maine" section of his ''Gazetteer of the State of Maine'', published in
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in 1886, wrote: It is likely that the French who founded a colony at Somes Sound on
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in 1613, under the patronage of Madame de Guercheville, explored the Ellsworth area and what is now the watershed of the Union River. Varney believes that there were French settlements of some kind or another as close to Ellsworth as Trenton, Oak Point, Newbury Neck and Surry. The Ellsworth area was disputed between the English and the French throughout the 17th century and well into the 18th century, occasioning intermittent warfare which was known to the English as the
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. Native American inhabitants may have converted to
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ism and fought with the French against the British until the fall of Quebec City to the British in 1759. After the 1763 signing of the Treaty of Paris by the governments of the
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,
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,
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and
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, Ellsworth became part of the
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. The modern history of Ellsworth begins with the settlement of the Union River area around 1763 by a party of English led by entrepreneurs Benjamin Milliken and Benjamin Joy, from present-day southern Maine and
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, who intended to build
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s and
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s to exploit the area's
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and
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. They applied for grants offered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to encourage settlement of the Hancock County area. Historian Albert H. Davis in his ''History of Ellsworth, Maine'', published in
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, in 1927, relates what is known of this early expedition and points to the northern end of the present Water Street, just to the south of the present bridge across the Union River, as the site of the earlier crude buildings erected by the pioneers. George J. Varney describes the process of land grants by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: In 1773 the first
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was built at Ellsworth. This was the Susan and Abigail, named after daughters of the two most prominent citizens, American Loyalist Benjamin Milliken and Benjamin Joy. The vessel carried pine
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and oak staves in annual voyages to the
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. In the years up to the beginning of the 20th century, many schooners of various sizes were built in Ellsworth
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s along the Union River. Albert Davis records that in the latter part of the 18th century, Ellsworth was known as the Union River Settlement and was adjacent to the settlements of Surry (to the east) and Trenton (to the south). Later it was organized as Plantation No. 7 and at times called Bowdoin and New Bowdoin. In 1798 the inhabitants petitioned to be incorporated under the name Sumner. That name having been already taken by a settlement in present-day Oxford County, Maine, the town was incorporated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1800 as Ellsworth, named for
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, the
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delegate to the 1787 National Convention that was then working on a
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for the new
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, and later the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Oliver Ellsworth is thought to be first to suggest the name "United States of America". Davis reports that in the late 1770s, there were British raids on the Union River Settlement, with attempts to appropriate local
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. However, there were no formal battles in the Ellsworth area during the Revolutionary War. In 1838, Ellsworth became the county seat of Hancock County, replacing Castine. The 1838 county buildings still stand, west of the Union River, on Bridge Hill. In 1859, when the town's population was 4,009, industries included nine sawmills, two
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s, one tannery, one
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machine, one
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maker, eight brickyards, thirteen
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s, five pail factories, two edge tool factories, one
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manufacturer and eight box-making establishments. Between 1860 and 1865, Ellsworth sent 653 soldiers to fight in the
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, according to historian Albert Davis. This was at a time when there were only 847 (male) voters in the area. Military training was held in front of the county buildings on Bridge Hill, west of the Union River, at the site of the present Civil War Monument. In 1869, Ellsworth was incorporated as a city by the
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. The first City Hall was Hancock Hall, which stood at the corner of Main Street and School Street. It was destroyed by the Great Ellsworth Fire of 1933. In 1888, electricity was introduced into the Ellsworth area. The disputed city elections in 1896 resulted in the appointment of two separate Ellsworth police forces, each of which threatened to arrest the other. Work on the Ellsworth hydro-electric dam began in 1907, at the site of one of the original Benjamin Milliken Union River dams. This led to the creation of the present Leonard's Lake just north of the city. Ellsworth's first disaster of the 20th century was the Great Flood of 1923. A spring
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rushed over the dam and carried off the metal Union River Bridge, along with many buildings along the river, such as the Dirigo Theater, the
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and many wharves and
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s. This event marked the end of Ellsworth's prominence as a
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center. The present concrete bridge was finished in 1924. The Great Fire of 1933 destroyed most of Ellsworth's downtown
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, on the east side of the Union River. New buildings were built in brick, mainly in
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style. The unique Ellsworth City Hall dates from this period. Many old houses outside the business district survived the
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. The 1960s and 1970s saw the development of an Ellsworth
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on High Street, which is the direct route to and from Bar Harbor and
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. This area is now the largest shopping district in Hancock County, with several
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s and many large stores, stretching nearly to the Ellsworth-Trenton boundary.


Postcards of Ellsworth

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Geography

Ellsworth is located at 44°34'20" North, 68°28'34" West (44.572223, −68.476039). According to the
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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Located at the
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, Ellsworth is drained by the Union River. Ellsworth Falls is the location of the Agassiz Outcropbr>Maine Geological Survey: Maine ACF
a
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, notable for its early recognition as evidence of
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. The city is served by U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 1A, in addition to state routes 3, 172, 179, 180, 184 and 230.


Neighboring cities and towns


Climate

Ellsworth has a
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(
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: ''Dfb'') of the warm summer type. As much of
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winters are harsh and snowy throughout the season, even being at latitudes similar to
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, such discrepancies are due to the western patterns and the Labrador Current. In places to the northwest of the city, as around Branch Lake, the USDA hardiness zone is 5a, while in the
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it is 5b, as is much of the state's coastline.


Demographics


2010 census

As of the
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of 2010, there were 7,741 people, 3,305 households, and 2,048 families residing in the city. The
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was . There were 4,240 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.7%
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, 0.7%
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, 0.4% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1%
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, 0.3% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population. There were 3,305 households, of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were
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living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.0% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.81. The median age in the city was 41.9 years. 21.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.3% were from 25 to 44; 29.9% were from 45 to 64; and 16.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.


2000 census

In the 2000
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, there were 6,456 people, 2,755 households, and 1,782 families in the city. The population density was . There were 3,442 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup ofwas 97.79%
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, 0.19%
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, 0.29% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.03%
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, 0.29% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more races. 0.65% of the population were
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or Latino of any race. There were 2,755 households, of which 27.7% had children under 18 living with them, 51.4% were
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living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size 2.75. In the city, the population was 21.9% under 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 or older. The median age was 40. For every 100 females, there were 88.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males. The median income for a household was $35,938, and the median for a family $41,884. Males had a median of $31,455 versus $22,188 for females. The
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for the city was $21,049. 9.2% of the population and 5.7% of families were below the
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. 9.4% of those under 18 and 8.3% of those 65 and older were below the poverty line.


Government


Sites of interest

*Birdsacre—Stanwood Homestead Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
Ellsworth Historical Society Building
* Ellsworth Public Library * The Grand—performing arts theatre, listed on the
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(NRHP) *Telephone Museum * Woodlawn Museum—the Black House, NRHP-listed


Notable people

*
Johannes Bapst John Bapst (born Johannes Bapst; December 17, 1815 – November 2, 1887) was a Swiss Jesuit missionary and educator who became the first president of Boston College. Early life Bapst was born on December 17, 1815, in La Roche, in t ...
, missionary and educator * Robert H. Crosthwaite, state representative and city councilor * Curt Fullerton, baseball player * Nicole Grohoski, State Senator *
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, U.S. Senator *
Marsden Hartley Marsden Hartley (January 4, 1877 – September 2, 1943) was an American Modernist painter, poet, and essayist. Hartley developed his painting abilities by observing Cubist artists in Paris and Berlin. Early life and education Hartley was bor ...
, U.S. painter * Brian Langley, State Senator * Clarence Cook Little, geneticist * Louis Luchini, State Senator * Asa McGray, Free Will Baptist minister * Betsy Flagg Melcher, American artist * Benjamin Milliken, American Loyalist and founder of Ellsworth, Maine (fled to Canada) * Bryant Moore, major general * Frank A. Moore, politician and judge * John A. Peters (1822–1904), U.S. Congressman * John A. Peters (1864–1953), U.S. Congressman (nephew of John A. Peters of 1822) * Darryl Pollard, football player * Fulton J. Redman, state Congressman and multiple time candidate for the US Senate and Governor * Dick Scott, shortstop with the
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* Cordelia Stanwood, teacher, ornithologist, and wildlife photographer *
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, former UFC Heavyweight champion *
Mary Agnes Tincker Mary Agnes Tincker (July 18, 1833 – December 4, 1907) was an American novelist. She published about a dozen novels and many short stories. She was made a member of the Academy of Arcadia, Ancient Academy of Arcadia of Rome, and of the American ...
, novelist *
John Hay Whitney John Hay Whitney (August 17, 1904 – February 8, 1982) was an American venture capitalist, sportsman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, film producer and diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the '' New ...
, publisher and ambassador * James Worth, state representative and resident of Ellsworth


References


External links


City of Ellsworth, MaineEllsworth Public LibraryEllsworth Area Chamber of Commerce''Ellsworth American'' weekly newspaper
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