 thumb|right|androscoggin river, 1908 hanover is a town in oxford county, maine, united states. the population was 238 at the 2010 census. the town is a popular vacation and recreation area. ==history== thumb|left|sunflower farm in c. 1915  the area was first settled in 1774 by nathaniel segar from newton, massachusetts. phineas howard from temple, new hampshire purchased from massachusetts in 1792 the unoccupied land in the township, including howard pond. the community became known as howard's gore. combined with a portion of bethel separated by the androscoggin river, it then became hanover, named by its german settlers for the house of hanover. it w
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