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New Hampshire Towns / Counties List

County Date Formed Parent County County Seat

Belknap 1840 Strafford, Merrimack Laconia

Carroll 1840 Strafford Ossipee

Cheshire 1769 Original County Keene

Coos 1803 Grafton Lancaster

Grafton 1769 Original County Woodsville

Hillsborough 1769 Original County Nashua & Manchester

Merrimack 1823 Rockingham, Hillsborough Concord

Rockingham 1769 Original County Brentwood as of 1997

Strafford 1769 Original County Dover

Sullivan 1827 Cheshire Newport

County	Date Formed	Parent County	County Seat
Belknap	1840	Strafford, Merrimack	Laconia
Carroll	1840	Strafford	Ossipee
Cheshire	1769	Original County	Keene
Coos	1803	Grafton	Lancaster
Grafton	1769	Original County	Woodsville
Hillsborough	1769	Original County	Nashua & Manchester
Merrimack	1823	Rockingham, Hillsborough	Concord
Rockingham	1769	Original County	Brentwood as of 1997
Strafford	1769	Original County	Dover
Sullivan	1827	Cheshire	Newport

New Hampshire Towns, Old and Current
Town Name	Dates Formed	Parent Town or Other Name	County
Acworth	Incorporated 1776	Was Burnet	Sullivan Co.
Adams		Now Jackson	Carroll Co.
Addison		Now Marlow	Cheshire Co.
Albany		Was Burton	Carroll Co.
Alexandria	Incorporated 1753		Grafton Co.
Alexandria Addition		Now New London	Merrimac Co.
Allenstown	Incorporated 1721		Merrimack Co.
Alstead	Incorporated 1763	Was No. 4 and Newton	Cheshire Co.
Alton		Was New Durham Gore	Belknap Co.
Amherst		Was Narragansett No 3	Hillsborough Co.
Andover	Incorporated 1779	Was Emerystown	Merrimack Co.
Antrim		Was Cumberland	Hillsborough Co.
Ashland	Incorporated 1868	Set off from Holderness	Grafton Co.
Atkinson			Rockingham Co.
Auburn			Rockingham Co.
Baker's Town		Now Salisbury	Merrimack Co.
Barnstead			Belknap Co.
Barrington			Strafford Co.
Bartlett			Carroll Co.
Bath	Incorporated 1761		Grafton Co.
Bedford		Was Narragansett No 5	Hillsborough Co.
Bellowstown		Now Walpole	Cheshire Co.
Belmont		Was Upper Gilmanton	Belknap Co.
Benton	Incorporated 1839	Was Coventry	Grafton Co.
Bennington			Hillsborough Co.
Berlin		Was Maynesborough	Coos Co.
Bethlehem	Incorporated 1799		Grafton Co.
Beverly Canada		Was part of Present day Weare	Hillsborough Co.
Boscawen	Incorporated 1760	Was Contoocook. Webster set off 1860	Merrimack Co.
Bow	Incorporated 1727		Merrimack Co.
Boyle		Now Gilsum	Cheshire Co.
Bradford		Part of present day Orange	Grafton Co.
Bradford	Incorporated 1787	Was Bradfordton, New Bradford	Merrimack Co.
Bradfordton		Now Bradford, Merrimack Co.	Merrimack Co.
Brentwood			Rockingham Co.
Bretton Woods		Now Carroll	Coos Co.
Bridgewater	Incorporated 1786		Grafton Co.
Bristol	Incorporated 1819		Grafton Co.
Brookfield			Carroll Co.
Brookline			Hillsborough Co.
Buckingham		Now Unity	Sullivan Co.
Buckstreet		Pembroke	Merrimack Co.
Burnet		Now Acworth	Sullivan Co.
Burton		Now Albany	Carroll Co.
Camden		Now Washington	Sullivan Co.
Campbell's Gore		Now Windsor	Hillsborough Co.
Campton	Incorporated 1761		Grafton Co.
Candia			Rockingham Co.
Canterbury	Incorporated 1727		Merrimack Co.
Canaan	Incorporated 1761		Grafton Co.
Cardigan		Part of present day Orange	Grafton Co.
Carroll		Was Bretton Woods	Coos Co.
Center Harbor			Belknap Co.
Charlestown	Incorporated 1753		Sullivan Co.
Chatham			Carroll Co.
Chester			Rockingham Co.
Chesterfield	Incorporated 1752	Was No. 1	Cheshire Co.
Chester Woods		Now Hooksett	Merrimack Co.
Chichester	Incorporated 1727		Merrimack Co.
Chiswick		Now part of present day Lisbon	Grafton Co.
Claremont	Incorporated 1764		Sullivan Co.
Clarksville		Was Dartmouth College Grant	Coos Co.
Cocheco		Original Plantation at Dover Neck, granted by the British Council of New England to John Mason. Now New Durham	Strafford Co.
Cockburntown		Now Columbia	Coos Co.
Cockermouth		Now Groton	Grafton Co.
Colebrook		Was Dryden	Coos Co.
Columbia		Was Cockburntown, Preston	Coos Co.
Concord	Incorporated 1765	Was Penacook, Rumford	Merrimack Co.
Concord		Now part of present day Lisbon	Grafton Co.
Contoocook		Now Boscawen	Merrimack Co.
Conway			Carroll Co.
Cornish	Incorporated 1763		Sullivan Co.
Coventry		Now Benton	Grafton Co.
Croydon	Incorporated 1763		Sullivan Co.
Cumberland		Antrim	Hillsborough Co.
Dalton			Coos Co.
Danbury	Incorporated 1795		Merrimack Co.
Danville		was called Hawke	Rockingham Co.
Dantzig		Now part of present day Newbury	Merrimack Co.
Dartmouth College Grant		Now Clarksville	Coos Co.
Deerfield			Rockingham Co.
Deering			Hillsborough Co.
Derry			Rockingham Co.
Derryfield		Now part of present day Manchester	Hillsborough Co.
Dorchester	Incorporated 1761		Grafton Co.
Dover		Orig. Cochecho at Dover Neck, granted by the British Council of New England to John Mason	Strafford Co.
Dover Parish		Now Durham	Strafford Co.
Drummer			Coos Co.
Dublin	Incorporated 1771	Was Monadnock	Cheshire Co.
Dunbarton	Incorporated 1752	Was Gorhamstown, Starkstown	Merrimack Co.
Dunstable		Nashua	Hillsborough Co.
Dupplin		Now Lempster	Sullivan Co.
Durand		Now Randolph	Coos Co.
Durham		Was Dover Parish	Strafford Co.
Dryden		Now Colebrook	Coos Co.
Easton	Incorporated 1867	from Landaff	Grafton Co.
East Kingston			Rockingham Co.
East-town		Now part of present day Wakefield	Carroll Co.
Eaton			Carroll Co.
Effingham			Carroll Co.
Ellsworth	Incorporated 1802	Was Trecothick	Grafton Co.
Emerystown		Now Andover	Merrimack Co.
Enfield	Incorporated 1761		Grafton Co.
Epping			Rockingham Co.
Epsom	Incorporated 1727		Merrimack Co.
Errol			Coos Co.
Exeter		granted by the British Council of New England to John Mason. Settled by individuals seeking to escape religious domination by Puritan Church of Massachusetts Bay Colony	Rockingham Co.
Fairfield		Now part of present day Woodstock	Grafton Co.
Farmington			Strafford Co.
Fisherfield		Now part of present day Newbury	Merrimack Co.
Fitzwilliam	Incorporated 1773	Was Monadnock No. 4	Cheshire Co.
Francestown			Hillsborough Co.
Franconia	Incorporated 1782	Was Morristown, Indian Head	Grafton Co.
Franklin	Incorporated 1828	Was Pemigewasset	Merrimack Co.
Freedom		Was North Effingham	Carroll Co.
Freetown		Now Raymond	Rockingham Co.
Fremont		Was Poplin	Rockingham Co.
Gerrishtown		Now part of present day Salisbury	Merrimack Co.
Gilford			Belknap Co.
Gilmanton			Belknap Co.
Gilsum	Incorporated 1763	Was Boyle	Cheshire Co.
Goffstown		Was Narraganestt No 4	Hillsborough Co.
Gonic			Strafford Co.
Gorham			Coos Co.
Gorhamstown		Now Dunbarton	Merrimack Co.
Goshen	Incorporated 1791		Sullivan Co.
Grafton	Incorporated 1761		Grafton Co.
Grantham	Incorporated 1761 - 1767		Sullivan Co.
Great Meadow		Now Westmoreland	Cheshire Co.
Greenfield		Was Lyndefield Addition	Hillsborough Co.
Greenland			Rockingham Co.
Greenville			Hillsborough Co.
Grenville		Now Newport	Sullivan Co.
Groton	Incorporated 1792	Was Cockermouth	Grafton Co.
Gunthwaite		Now part of present day Lisbon	Grafton Co.
Hale's Location	(Unincorporated)		Carroll Co.
Halestown		Part of present day Weare	Hillsborough Co.
Hampstead		Was Timerlane Parish	Rockingham Co.
Hampton		Granted by the British Council of New England to John Mason. Settled by individuals seeking to escape religious domination by Puritan Church of Massachusetts Bay Colony	Rockingham Co.
Hampton Falls			Rockingham Co.
Ham's-town		Part of present day Wakefield	Carroll Co.
Hancock			Hillsborough Co.
Hanover	Incorporated 1761		Grafton Co.
Hart's Location	(Unincorporated)		Carroll Co.
Harrisville	Incorporated 1870	Was Twitcheville	Cheshire Co.
Harrytown		Part of present day Manchester	Hillsborough Co.
Haverhill	Incorporated 1763	from Lower Coos	Grafton Co.
Hawke		Now Danville	Rockingham Co.
Hebron	Incorporated 1792	from Cockermouth	Grafton Co.
Heidelberg		Early name for New London	Merrimack Co.
Henniker	Incorporated 1768	Was No. 6	Merrimack Co.
Hereford		Part of present day Newbury	Merrimack Co.
Hill	Incorporated 1837	Was New Chester	Merrimack Co.
Hillsborough		Was No. 7	Hillsborough Co.
Holderness	Incorporated 1751	Ashland set off	Grafton Co.
Hollis			Hillsborough Co.
Hooksett		Was Chester Woods, Rowe's Corner	Merrimack Co.
Hopkinton	Incorporated 1735	Was No. 5	Merrimack Co.
Hudson		Was Nottingham West	Hillsborough Co.
Isles of Shoals		Granted by the British Council of New England to John Mason. While almost unpopulated today, in the late 1600's supported a population of around 1,500 fishermen and families.
Indian Head		Now Franconia	Grafton Co.
Indian Stream Republic	1832	a fleeting independent republic composed of Pittsburg and Stewartstown.	Coos Co.
Jackson		was previously called Adams, New Madbury	Carroll Co.
Jaffrey	Incorporated 1773	From Rowley Canada	Cheshire Co.
Jefferson			Coos Co.
Jennesstown		Now Warner	Merrimack Co.
Keene	Incorporated 1753	Was Upper Ashuelot	Cheshire Co.
Kensington			Rockingham Co.
Kingston			Rockingham Co.
Laconia (city)			Belknap Co.
Lancaster			Coos Co.
Landaff	Incorporated 1774		Grafton Co.
Langdon	Incorporated 1787		Sullivan Co.
Lebanon	1761		Grafton Co.
Lee			Strafford Co.
Lempster	Incorporated 1761	Was No. 9, Dupplin	Sullivan Co.
Limerick		Now Stoddard	Cheshire Co.
Lincoln		Unincorporated	Grafton Co.
Lisbon	Incorporated 1824	Was Chiswick, Concord, Gunthwaite. Littleton Set off 1784	Grafton Co.
Liscomb		Now Orange	Grafton Co.
Litchfield		Was Naticook	Hillsborough Co.
Littleton	Incorporated 1784	from Lisbon	Grafton Co.
Livermore	Unincorporated		Grafton Co.
Londonderry			Rockingham Co.
Loudon	Incorporated 1773		Merrimack Co.
Lovewell's Town		Now Pembroke	Merrimack Co.
Lower Coos		Now Haverhill	Grafton Co.
Lyman	Incorporated 1761		Grafton Co.
Lyme	Incorporated 1761		Grafton Co.
Lyndeborough			Hillsborough Co.
Lyndefield Addition		Now Greenfield	Hillsborough Co.
Madbury			Strafford Co.
Madison			Carroll Co.
Manchester		Was Tyngsboro, Derryfield, Harrytown	Hillsborough Co.
Marlborough	Incorporated 1776	Was Monadnock No. 5, New Marlborough, Oxford	Cheshire Co.
Marlow	Incorporated 1761	Was called Addison	Cheshire Co.
Mason		Was No. 2	Hillsborough Co.
Maynesborough		Now Berlin	Coos Co.
Meredith		Was New Salem, Palmer's Town	Belknap Co.
Merrimack			Hillsborough Co.
Middleton			Strafford Co.
Milan		was Paulsborough	Coos Co.
Milford			Hillsborough Co.
Milton			Strafford Co.
Milton Mills			Strafford Co.
Monadnock		Now Dublin	Cheshire Co.
Monadnock No. 4		Now Fitzwilliam	Cheshire Co.
Monadnock No. 5		Now Marlborough	Cheshire Co.
Monadnock No. 6		Now Nelson	Cheshire Co.
Monadnock No. 7		Now Stoddard	Cheshire Co.
Monadnock No. 8		Now Washington	Sullivan Co.
Monroe	Incorporated 1854		Grafton Co.
Monson		now part of Hollis	Hillsborough Co.
Mont Vernon			Hillsborough Co.
Morristown		Now Franconia	Grafton Co.
Moultonboro			Carroll Co.
Moultonborough Additon		Now New Hampton	Belknap Co.
Narragansett No 3		Now Amherst	Hillsborough Co.
Narraganestt No 4		Now Goffstown	Hillsborough Co.
Narragansett No 5		Now Bedford	Hillsborough Co.
Nashaua		Was Dunstable	Hillsborough Co.
Naticook		Now Litchfield	Hillsborough Co.
Nelson	Incorporated 1752	Was Monadnock No. 6, Packersfield	Cheshire Co.
New Amesbury		Now Warner	Merrimack Co.
New Boston			Hillsborough Co.
New Bradford		Now Bradford	Merrimack Co.
Newbury	Incorporated 1837	Was Dantzig	Merrimack Co.
New Castle			Rockingham Co.
New Chester		Now Hill	Merrimack Co.
New Concord		Now Washington	Sullivan Co.
New Durham		Was Cocheco Township	Strafford Co.
New Durham Gore		Now Alton	Belknap Co.
Newfields			Rockingham Co.
New Garden		Now Ossipee	Carroll Co.
New Hampton		Was Moultonborough Additon	Belknap Co.
Newington			Rockingham Co.
New Ipswich			Hillsborough Co.
New London	Incorporated 1779	Was Alexandria Addition, Heidelberg	Merrimack Co.
New Madbury		Now Jackson	Carroll Co.
Newmarket			Rockingham Co.
New Marlborough		Now Marlborough	Cheshire Co.
New Plymouth		Now Plymouth	Grafton Co.
Newport	Incorporated 176?	Was Grenville	Sullivan Co.
New Salem		Now Meredith	Belknap Co.
Newton		Now Alstead	Cheshire Co.
Newton			Rockingham Co.
No. 1		Now Chesterfield	Cheshire Co.
No. 2		Now Mason and Wilton	Hillsborough Co.
No. 4		Now Alstead	Cheshire Co.
No. 5		Now Hopkinton	Merrimack Co.
No. 6		Now Henniker	Merrimack Co.
No. 7		Now Hillsborough	Hillsborough Co.
No. 9		Now Lempster	Sullivan Co.
North Effingham		Now Freedom	Carroll Co.
Northfield	Incorporated 1780		Merrimack Co.
North Hampton		Was North Hill, North Parish	Rockingham Co.
North Hill		Now North Hampton	Rockingham Co.
North Parish		Now North Hampton	Rockingham Co.
Northumberland		Was Stonington	Coos Co.
Northwood			Rockingham Co.
Nottingham			Rockingham Co.
Nottingham West		Now Hudson	Hillsborough Co.
Orange	Incorporated 1790	Was Bradford, Cardigan, Liscomb	Grafton Co.
Ossipee		Was New Garden	Carroll Co.
Orford	Incorporated 1761		Grafton Co.
Oxford		Now Marlborough	Cheshire Co.
Packersfield		Now Nelson	Cheshire Co.
Palmer's Town		Now Meredith	Belknap Co.
Paulsborough		Now Milan	Coos Co.
Peeling		Now part of present day Woodstock	Grafton Co.
Pelham			Hillsborough Co.
Pembroke	Incorporated 1759	Was Buckstreet, Lovewell's Town	Merrimack Co.
Pemigewasset		Now Franklin	Merrimack Co.
Penacook		Now Concord	Merrimack Co.
Percy		Now Stark	Coos Co.
Perrystown		Now Sutton	Merrimack Co.
Peterborough			Hillsborough Co.
Peterborough Slip		A portion is now Temple	Hillsborough Co.
Piermont	Incorporated 1764		Grafton Co.
Piscataqua		Early Name for Portsmouth	Rockingham Co.
Pittsburg		Along with Stewartstown comprised the short lived Indian Stream Republic of 1832.	Coos Co.
Pittsfield	Incorporated 1761		Merrimack Co.
Plainfield	Incorporated 1761		Sullivan Co.
Plaistow			Rockingham Co.
Plymouth		Was New Plymouth	Grafton Co.
Poplin		Fremont	Rockingham Co.
Portsmouth		Was Orig. Strawberry Banks located at Little Harbor in Portsmouth, granted by the British Council of New England to John Mason. Another early name was Piscataqua	Rockingham Co.
Preston		Now Columbia	Coos Co.
Protectworth		Now Springfield	Sullivan Co.
Randolph		Was Durand	Coos Co.
Raymond		Was Freetown	Rockingham Co.
Richmond	Incorporated 1752	Was Sylvester Canada	Cheshire Co.
Rindge	Incorporated 1768	From Rowley Canada	Cheshire Co.
Robiestown		Now Weare	Hillsborough Co.
Rochester			Strafford Co.
Rollinsford			Strafford Co.
Rowe's Corner		Now Hooksett	Merrimack Co.
Rowley Canada		Now Jaffrey & Rindge	Cheshire Co.
Rumford		Now Concord	Merrimack Co.
Rumney	1761		Grafton Co.
Rye		Salem	Rockingham Co.
Ryetown		Now Warner	Merrimack Co.
Salisbury	Incorporated 1768	Was Baker's Town, Gerrishtown, Stevenstown	Merrimack Co.
Salmon Falls			Strafford Co.
Sanbornton			Belknap Co.
Sandown			Rockingham Co.
Sandwich			Carroll Co.
Saville		Now Sunapee	Sullivan Co.
Seabrook			Rockingham Co.
Sharon			Hillsborough Co.
Sherburne			Coos Co.
Somersworth			Strafford Co.
South Hampton			Rockingham Co.
Springfield	Incorporated 1794	Was Protectworth	Sullivan Co.
Stark		Was Percy	Coos Co.
Starkstown		Now Dunbarton	Merrimack Co.
Stevenstown		Now Salisbury	Merrimack Co.
Stewartstown		Along with Pittsburg comprised the short lived Indian Stream Republic of 1832	Coos Co.
Stoddard	Incorporated 1774.	Was Monadnock No. 7, Limerick	Cheshire Co.
Stonington		Now Northumberland	Coos Co.
Strafford			Strafford Co.
Stratford		Was Woodbury	Coos Co.
Stratham			Rockingham Co.
Strawberry Banke		Now Portsmouth	Rockingham Co.
Sugar Hill	Incorporated 1962	from Lisbon	Grafton Co.
Sullivan	Incorporated 1787		Cheshire Co.
Sunapee	Incorporated 1850	Was Wendell, Saville	Sullivan Co.
Suncook		Now serves as Post office for Pembroke and Allenstown. Part of Pembroke?	Merrimack Co.
Surry	Incorporated 1769		Cheshire Co.
Sutton	Incorporated 1784	Was Perrystown	Merrimack Co.
Swanzey	Incorporated 1753		Cheshire Co.
Sylvester Canada		Now Richmond	Cheshire Co.
Tamworth			Carroll Co.
Temple		comproses part of what was Peterborough Slip	Hillsborough Co.
Thorton	Incorporated 1763		Grafton Co.
Tilton			Belknap Co.
Timerlane Parish		Now Hampstead	Rockingham Co.
Trecothick		Now Ellsworth	Grafton Co.
Troy	Incorporated 1815		Cheshire Co.
Tuftonboro			Carroll Co.
Twitcheville		Now Harrisville	Cheshire Co.
Tyngsboro		Now part of present day Manchester	Hillsborough Co.
Unity	Incorporated 1764	Was Buckingham	Sullivan Co.
Upper Ashuelot		Now Keene	Cheshire Co.
Upper Gilmanton		Now Belmont	Belknap Co.
Wakefield		Was Watertown, East-town, Ham's-town	Carroll Co.
Walpole	Incorporated 1761	Was Bellowstown	Cheshire Co.
Warner	Incorporated 1774	Was Waterloo, Jennesstown, New Amesbury, Ryetown	Merrimack Co.
Warren	Incorporated 1764		Grafton Co.
Washington	Incorporated 1776	Was Monadnock No. 8, Camden, New Concord	Sullivan Co.
Waterloo		Now Warner	Merrimack Co.
Watertown		Now part of present day Wakefield	Carroll Co.
Waterville		Now Waterville Valley	Grafton Co.
Waterville Valley	Incorporated 1976	Was Waterville	Grafton Co.
Weare		Was Wearestown, Beverly Canada, Halestown, Robiestown	Hillsborough Co.
Wearestown		Now Weare	Hillsborough Co.
Webster	Incorporated 1860	Set off from Boscawen	Merrimack Co.
Wendell		Now Sunapee	Sullivan Co.
Wentworth	Incorporated 1766		Grafton Co.
Westmoreland	Incorporated 1735	Was Great Meadow	Cheshire Co.
Whitefield			Coos Co.
Windham			Rockingham Co.
Wilmot	Incorporated 1807		Merrimack Co.
Wilton		Was No. 2	Hillsborough Co.
Winchester	Incorporated 1733		Cheshire Co.
Windsor		Was Campbell's Gore	Hillsborough Co.
Wolfeboro			Carroll Co.
Woodbury		Now Stratford	Coos Co.
Woodstock	Incorporated 1840	from Peeling & Fairfield	Grafton Co.

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