User:Parrisl/sandbox/New Hampshire

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Belknap County is located in the central region of the state. It was created in 1840. The county seat is Laconia. The county was named for Jeremy Belknap, a renowned preacher, historian, and author of The History of New Hampshire.

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Carroll County is located in the east central region of the state. It was created in 1840. Ossipee is the county seat. The county was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who had died in 1832, the last surviving signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

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Cheshire County is located in the southwest region of the state. It was created in 1771. The county seat is Keene. The County was named for Cheshire County, England.

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Coös County is located in the northern region of the state. It was created December 24, 1803. The county seat is Lancaster. The name Coös derives from the Algonquian word meaning "small pines".

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Grafton County is located in the west central region of the state. It was created on March 19, 1771. The county sear is North Haverhhill. The county was named for named for Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, who had been a supporter of American causes in Parliament, and who was serving as British Prime Minister at the time.

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Hillsborough County is located in the southern region of the state. It was created in 1769. The county seat is Newport. The county was named for Wills Hill, the Earl of Hillsborough who was British Secretary of State for the Colonies at the time.

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Merrimack County is located in the south central region of the state. It was created in 1823. The county seat is Concord. The county was named for the Merrimack River.

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Rockingham County is located in the south east region of the state. It was created in 1769. The county seat is Brentwood. The county was named for for Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who had been Prime Minister in 1765-1766.

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Strafford County is located in the southeast region of the state. It was created on March 10, 1771. The county seat is Dover. The county was named for William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford in the mistaken belief that he was the ancestor of governor John Wentworth – although they were distantly related, William had no descendants.

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Sullivan County is located in the southwest region of the state. It was created in 1827. The county seat is Newport. The county was named for John Sullivan. an Irish-American General in the Revolutionary War, a delegate in the Continental Congress, Governor of New Hampshire and a United States federal judge.