| World / USA / New York / Hancock, 1 km from center | Coordinates: 41°57'32"N 75°17'5"W |
Hancock, New York
Hancock was built upon, and still today relies on, its many natural resources, such as timber, bluestone and its mountains and rivers.
Some of the finest hardwood timber grows and is harvested here, is shipped all over the world, and is used to make everything from furniture to baseball bats.
But perhaps the most significant identifying feature of Hancock is its world-famous Bluestone quarries. Bluestone mining is an industry that has existed here for generations and continues to flourish as modern technology is utilized in the production and distribution of this "blue gold."
Known as "The Gateway to the Upper Delaware River," the village of Hancock is located at the edge of the famed Catskill Mountains in the Southern Tier of New York State. The village rests at the confluence of the East and West Branches of the Delaware River--where the Delaware River begins--on the border of New York State and Pennsylvania. Hancock is an Incorporated Village of approximately 1,500 people, surrounded by the Town of Hancock, which includes an additional 1,500 inhabitants, both of which lie within the bounds of Delaware County.
Built in the early 1930s to link Port Jervis with the town of Hancock, Route 97, which begins its journey at Hancock, has been designated "The Most Scenic Highway in the East." And in the 1960s, New York's Route 17 was designated "Most Scenic Highway in the Nation," paying tribute to the route that thousands of people take through Hancock each year to marvel at the Autumn foliage, which is usually at its peak around the first week of October.
www.hancockareachamber.com/
Some of the finest hardwood timber grows and is harvested here, is shipped all over the world, and is used to make everything from furniture to baseball bats.
But perhaps the most significant identifying feature of Hancock is its world-famous Bluestone quarries. Bluestone mining is an industry that has existed here for generations and continues to flourish as modern technology is utilized in the production and distribution of this "blue gold."
Known as "The Gateway to the Upper Delaware River," the village of Hancock is located at the edge of the famed Catskill Mountains in the Southern Tier of New York State. The village rests at the confluence of the East and West Branches of the Delaware River--where the Delaware River begins--on the border of New York State and Pennsylvania. Hancock is an Incorporated Village of approximately 1,500 people, surrounded by the Town of Hancock, which includes an additional 1,500 inhabitants, both of which lie within the bounds of Delaware County.
Built in the early 1930s to link Port Jervis with the town of Hancock, Route 97, which begins its journey at Hancock, has been designated "The Most Scenic Highway in the East." And in the 1960s, New York's Route 17 was designated "Most Scenic Highway in the Nation," paying tribute to the route that thousands of people take through Hancock each year to marvel at the Autumn foliage, which is usually at its peak around the first week of October.
www.hancockareachamber.com/
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