New Hampshire County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
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See an interactive outline map of New Hampshire Historical Counties at Newberry Library site[1] (Free) Enter a year, Refresh Map, select zoom in, then click on the map to enlarge it. |
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Sort the table by Date Formed or by Parent Counties and check Boundary Changes for interesting insights. |
| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties Created by Boundary Changes |
| Belknap | 1840 Dec 22 | Details | Strafford | none |
| Carroll | 1840 Dec 22 | Details | Grafton | none |
| Cheshire | 1771 Mar 19 | Details | Colonial lands | none |
| Coos | 1803 Dec 24 | Details | Grafton | none |
| Grafton | 1771 Mar 19 | Details | Colonial lands | Carroll 1840, Coos 1803 |
| Hillsboro | 1771 Mar 19 | Details | Colonial lands | Merrimack 1823 |
| Merrimack | 1823 3 18 | Details | Rockingham, Hillsborough | None |
| Norfolk (old) | 1641 1 16 | Details | Massachusetts colonial lands | New Hampshire colonial lands |
| Rockingham | 1771 Mar 19 | Details | Colonial lands, Norfolk (old) | Merrimack, 1823 |
| Strafford | 1771 Mar 19 | Details | Colonial lands | Belknap 1840 |
| Sullivan | 1827 Jul 05 | Details | Cheshire | none |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/New_Hampshire/viewer.htm New_Hampshire Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.
