List
| County | FIPS Code |
County Seat |
Created |
Formed from |
Etymology |
Population |
Area |
Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belknap County | 001 | Laconia | 1840 | Parts of Merrimack County and Strafford County. | Jeremy Belknap (1744-1798), early New Hampshire historian. | 700460088000000000060,088 | 7002401000000000000401 sq mi (70031039000000000001,039 km2) |
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| Carroll County | 003 | Ossipee | 1840 | Part of Strafford County. | Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737 - 1832), the last surviving signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. | 700447818000000000047,818 | 7002934000000000000934 sq mi (70032419000000000002,419 km2) |
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| Cheshire County | 005 | Keene | 1769 | One of five original counties. | English county of Cheshire. | 700477117000000000077,117 | 7002708000000000000708 sq mi (70031834000000000001,834 km2) |
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| Coos County | 007 | Lancaster | 1803 | Part of Grafton County. | A Native American word meaning crooked, in reference to a bend in the Connecticut River. | 700433055000000000033,055 | 70031801000000000001,801 sq mi (70034665000000000004,665 km2) |
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| Grafton County | 009 | Haverhill | 1769 | One of five original counties. | Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811), a Prime Minister of Great Britain (1768-1770). | 700489118000000000089,118 | 70031714000000000001,714 sq mi (70034439000000000004,439 km2) |
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| Hillsborough County | 011 | Manchester and Nashua |
1769 | One of five original counties. | Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718-1793), known in America as the Earl of Hillsborough, who served as the first Secretary of State for the Colonies. | 7005400721000000000400,721 | 7002876000000000000876 sq mi (70032269000000000002,269 km2) |
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| Merrimack County | 013 | Concord | 1823 | Parts of Hillsborough County and Rockingham County. | The Merrimack River. | 7005146445000000000146,445 | 7002934000000000000934 sq mi (70032419000000000002,419 km2) |
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| Rockingham County | 015 | Brentwood | 1769 | One of five original counties. | Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730-1782), a two-time Prime Minister of Great Britain (1765-1766, 1782). | 7005295223000000000295,223 | 7002695000000000000695 sq mi (70031800000000000001,800 km2) |
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| Strafford County | 017 | Dover | 1769 | One of five original counties. | William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1626-1695), an English noble who owned colonial lands. | 7005123143000000000123,143 | 7002369000000000000369 sq mi (7002956000000000000956 km2) |
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| Sullivan County | 019 | Newport | 1827 | Part of Cheshire County. | John Sullivan (1740-1795), the third and fifth governor of New Hampshire (1786-1788, 1789-1790). | 700443742000000000043,742 | 7002537000000000000537 sq mi (70031391000000000001,391 km2) |
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