Do you know of Mount Desert Ferry ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mount Desert Ferry. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Mount Desert Ferry.<1> Our sources for Mount Desert Ferry (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Mount Desert Ferry other than they indicate that Mount Desert Ferry would be found somewhere in Hancock County, Maine. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1942. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mount Desert Ferry ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mount Desert Ferry: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mount Desert Ferry - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office Rand McNally Map of Maine (1897)
More Orphans in Hancock County ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Hancock County. Footnotes ...
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