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==History== [[Image:Lilla Cabot Perry, 1926 - A Snowy Monday.jpg|thumb|left|''A Snowy Monday,'' 1926 (The Cooperage, Hancock, New Hampshire) by [[Lilla Cabot Perry]]]] Hancock started as an unidentified settlement on the [[Contoocook River]], in lands known as "Society Land" or "Cumberland", which had been reserved for the proprietors of the lands which became [[New Hampshire]]. First settled in 1764, the town was set off from [[Peterborough, New Hampshire|Peterborough]] and incorporated in 1779, named "Hancock" in honor of [[John Hancock]]. A landowner of {{convert|1875|acre|km2|0}} in the community, Hancock was the first governor of the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Massachusetts]], president of the [[Continental Congress]], and signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]. Almost every building on Main Street in downtown Hancock is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as part of the [[Hancock Village Historic District]]. Hancock's Meetinghouse is home to [[Paul Revere]]'s #236 bell, which chimes on the hour, day and night. The town does not have paved sidewalks, but gravel paths leading from home to home. <gallery> Image:Main Street looking East, Hancock, NH.jpg|Main Street in 1907 Image:Historical Society, Hancock, NH.jpg|Historical Society in 1915 Image:Public Library & Main Street, Hancock, NH.jpg|Old Library {{circa|1905}} Image:HancockNH BenningtonRoad.jpg|Bennington Road with Historical Society, 2013 </gallery>
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