Hancock's most famous visitor passed through nearly 250 years ago, but the house George Washington visited is still standing.
Washington wrote of his visits to the Hancock area in his journal. He mentions that he visited Mr. Flint in September 1769. Flint was a local landowner in the Tonoloway Settlement, documents from the Hancock Town Museum show.
Hancock traces its beginnings to an American Indian crossing at the Potomac River. European settlers began to arrive in the area in the 1730s, according to a Web site maintained by the Hancock Chamber of Commerce.
One of the most notable settlers was Charles Polke, who was known as "the Indian Trader of the Potomac."
The original land mass was called Tonoloway Settlement because it was situated between the Tonoloway and Little Tonoloway creeks, according to historical documents.