Cheshire County

Cheshire County Courthouse in Keene
administration
US state :	New Hampshire
Administrative headquarters :	Keene
Foundation :	April 29, 1789
Made up from:	Merrimack County Strafford County
Demographics
Residents :	77,117  (2010)
Population density :	42.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1888 km²
Water surface :	56 km²
map
Website : www.co.cheshire.nh.us

Cheshire County is a county in the state of New Hampshire in the United States . In 2010 77,117 people lived here. The county seat is Keene .

history

Cheshire was one of five original New Hampshire counties from 1789. It was named after Cheshire , England .

One place in the county has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Harrisville Historic District . A total of 151 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 15, 2018).

Population development

Census Results - Cheshire County, New Hampshire

year					1767	1773	1775	1783	1786	1790
Residents					250	1357	1745	3346	3887	6985
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	11,296	13,560	16,937	27,016	26,429	30.134	27,434	27,265	28,734	29,579
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	31,321	30,659	30,975	33,685	34,953	38,811	43,342	52,364	62.116	70.121
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	73,825	77.117

geography

The area of ​​the county is 1888 square kilometers; 56 square kilometers (2.98 percent) of this is water.

Neighboring counties

• Sullivan County, New Hampshire (north)
• Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (East)
• Berkshire County ( Massachusetts ) (southeast)
• Franklin County, Massachusetts (Southwest)
• Windham County, Vermont (west)

cities and communes

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Alstead	town	1.937	101.9	100.4	19.3	0Aug 6, 1763	Original grant by Massachusetts in 1735
Chesterfield	town	3,604	123.2	118.0	30.5	Feb 11, 1752	Original grant by Massachusetts in 1735
Dublin	town	1,597	75.6	72.7	22.0	0Nov 3, 1749
Fitzwilliam	town	2,396	93.3	89.6	26.7	Jan 15, 1752
Gilsum	town	813	43.2	43.1	18.9	0Dec 8, 1752
Harrisville	town	961	52.2	48.1	20.0	1870
Hinsdale	town	4,046	58.8	53.3	75.9	03rd Sep 1753
Jaffrey	town	5,457	103.7	99.2	55.0	1749
Keene	City	23,409	97.1	96.5	242.6	Apr 11, 1753	County seat ; First settlements from around 1734
Marlborough	town	2,063	53.5	52.8	39.1	Apr 29, 1751
Marlow	town	742	68.4	67.2	11.0	0Oct 7, 1761
Nelson	town	729	60.2	56.7	12.9	22 Feb 1764
Richmond	town	1,155	97.8	97.3	11.9	28 Feb 1752
Beef	town	6,014	103.4	96.3	62.5	Aug 11, 1768	First settlement as early as 1736
Roxbury	town	229	31.6	30.8	7.4	0Dec 9, 1812
Stoddard	town	1,232	137.3	131.8	9.3	0Nov 7, 1774
Sullivan	town	677	48.5	48.0	14.1	Dec. 27, 1787
Surry	town	732	41.3	40.5	18.1	09 Mar 1769
Swanzey	town	7,230	117.6	116.6	62.0	0July 2, 1753
Troy	town	2.145	45.5	45.1	47.6	June 23, 1815
Walpole	town	3,734	95.1	91.1	41.0	Feb 16, 1752
Westmoreland	town	1,874	95.5	92.7	20.2	Feb 11, 1752
Winchester	town	4,341	143.8	142.4	30.5	0May 2, 1753

Web links

Commons : Cheshire County  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 873176. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New Hampshire . National Park Service , accessed February 15, 2018.
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 15, 2018.
4. ^ Population prior to 1790 by local census ( from the New Hampshire state website ), 1790-2010 by US census results

Coordinates: 42 ° 55 ′  N , 72 ° 15 ′  W