New Hampshire is lowest at sea level (Atlantic Ocean) and highest at 6,288’ (Mount Washington).
N.H. has the shortest coastline of any coastal state – 18 miles on the Atlantic.
In 1622, King James I awarded the
original land grant to 2 men who split it:
Sir Ferdinando Gorges named his share Maine, while John Mason named his share New
Hampshire, after his home in Hampshire, England.
By 1641, only 1,000 people lived in New Hampshire, with only 4 towns established,
making it difficult to form a government, so they decided to join the
Massachusetts Bay Colony. However, in
1679, King Charles II declared New Hampshire a separate royal province, not
part of Massachusetts.
New Hampshire was the first state to form a government separate from England, adopting a constitution in January 1776.
In 1781, 36 towns along the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers broke away from NH and joined VT, saying authorities in Portsmouth ignored them; George Washington convinced them to return to N.H.
The Connecticut River is the boundary between NH and Vermont but, instead of the line being in the center of the river as is usual, it's at the low-water mark on VT's side, so the entire river lies in NH.
16% of the residents of Coos County speak French in the home.
New Hampshire has an official tartan, registered in Scotland.
Two different types of rock in the Connecticut River Gorge indicate where the African tectonic plate joined Vermont zillions of years ago.
About 85% of New Hampshire is wooded.
The Cornish-Windsor Bridge across the Connecticut River is the US's longest covered wooden bridge.
16% of the residents of Coos County speak French in the home.
New Hampshire has an official tartan, registered in Scotland.
| New Hampshire tartan |
| Cornish-Windsor Bridge |
The Cornish-Windsor Bridge across the Connecticut River is the US's longest covered wooden bridge.
In a 2012
Gallup poll, 52% of N.H. residents consider themselves non-religious.
N.H. has
among the highest SAT and ACT scores in the U.S.
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