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Welcome to Asticou ...

Asticou is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Asticou, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Asticou is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Asticou lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Asticou: 207

Communities near Asticou ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Asticou.

  • Ellsworth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bar Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Blue Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hancock
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Mount Desert
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gouldsboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lamoine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Tremont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tremont is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
  • Trenton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Franklin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Asticou. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Asticou.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Asticou. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Asticou.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Asticou. See our Newspapers Page for Asticou.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Asticou ...

Looking for more information about Asticou? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Asticou, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Asticou.

Adding Asticou to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Asticou in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Asticou was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Asticou post office opened in 1888. The Asticou post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Asticou.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Asticou - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/