COMMUNITIES public boat launches in North Kitsap; the others are at Salsbury Point County Park and the ports of Eglon, Kingston, Keyport, and Poulsbo. The number of recreational amenities in Hansville is belied by the quiet and scenic beauty of this place, which overlooks Admiralty Inlet with views of Whidbey Island and Puget Sound.
Hansville’s boundaries The Greater Hansville area is defined as the very northern tip of Kitsap County south to Little Boston Road and east to Eglon. Neighborhoods include Cliffside, Driftwood Key, Point No Point, Shore Woods, and Sterling Highlands. The Greater Hansville Community Center (www.hansville.org) is a center of community life. Located at Buck Lake Park, the center hosts regular events, including bingo nights, holiday gatherings, an annual rummage sale, and socials. The Hansville Grocery is a gathering place too; you’ll have to drive 7.5 miles
to get to the nearest store. The Hansville Grocery is a general store, where you can get groceries, goodies, fishing gear and souvenirs. Located in the store is the HansGrill restaurant. Other local organizations: Boot Scootin’ Grannies, Eglon Improvement Club, Flotsam and Jetsam Garden Club, Friends of Point No Point Lighthouse, Hansville Art Guild, Hansville Greenway, Hansville Historical Society, Hansville Ladies Aid, Men’s Koffee Klatch, and North Kitsap Puget Sound Anglers. Nature Conservancy volunteers help care for Foulweather Bluff Preserve. Hansville has hundreds of acres of greenways and open space for biking, hiking, and wildlife watching. Hansville Greenway Wildlife Corridor and Community Trails wind from Norwegian Point Park to Hood Canal in the west and Point No Point Park in the east. If you want to put living in Hansville to the test, you can stay at the Milky Way Farm Guest House (www.milkyway farmguesthouse.com), or the Point No
HANSVILLE AT A GLANCE POPULATION n Population: 3,162 n Median age: 54.1 n Female/male ratio: 1 : 8 INCOME AND HOUSING n Median household income: $65,859 n Persons below poverty level: 5 percent n Housing units: 1,994 n Median value of owner-occupied housing: $340,200 EDUCATION n High school graduate or higher: 97.4 percent n Bachelor’s degree or higher: 35.1 percent — Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Point Light keeper’s quarters (http:// uslhs.org/about/point-no-point-vacationrental).
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“We don’t want to be Hansville; we’re Eglon,” Jacque Thornton once said in response to a county plan that lumped Eglon in with neighboring Hansville for the purposes of community planning. Indeed, Eglon is an independent community with its own history. A dock was built here in 1912, when the Mosquito Fleet, trails and wagon roads were the only means in and out of the community. The dock is gone, but the Eglon Port District owns a boat launch, parking lot, picnic area, and beach. Wendy Tweten wrote in the Kingston Community News in 2008: “It remains a small town with roots that go back more than 100 years. Community amenities include a church, meeting hall, cemetery, a fire truck (kept in one family’s garage), and the beach, where residents of Eglon still gather for bonfires and summer picnics just as they have for the last century.”
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