Coös County, New Hampshire

Coös County Courthouse
administration
US state :	New Hampshire
Administrative headquarters :	Lancaster
Foundation :	1803
Made up from:	Grafton County
Demographics
Residents :	33,055  (2010)
Population density :	7.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	4743 km²
Water surface :	80 km²
map

Coös County (/ ˈkoʊ.ɒs /, with two syllables) is a county in the state of New Hampshire in the United States . The name is mostly written Coos . It has 33,055 inhabitants (as of 2010) and is thus by far the least populous County of New Hampshire, but has the largest area. 16.17 percent of the population speak French as their mother tongue. The county seat is Lancaster . The most important branches of the economy are agriculture and tourism .

history

Coös County was formed in 1803 from the northern part of Grafton County . At first Berlin was the seat of the county, later it became Lancaster.

One place in the county has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Mount Washington Hotel . A total of 26 buildings and sites in the county are registered on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 15, 2018).

Population development

Census Results - Coös County, New Hampshire

year					1767	1773	1775	1783	1786	1790
Residents					0	185	177	192	102	695
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1707	3015	4216	7010	8399	10,312	12,946	14,726	18,330	23,211
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	29,468	30,659	36.093	38,959	39,274	35,932	37,140	34,291	35,147	34,828
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	33.111	33,055

Note: The information for the time before the county was founded in 1803 represents the sums of the population of the later towns and is listed here for better tracking of the development of the settlement.

geography

The county has a total area of ​​4,743 square kilometers; 80 square kilometers (1.7 percent) of this is water.

Neighbor Counties

Coös County is bordered by the following other counties:

• Oxford County (Maine) , east
• Carroll County , Southeast
• Grafton County , Southwest
• Essex County, Vermont , west
• Estrie Administrative Region , Quebec , Canada

cities and communes

Coös County is divided into a city and 19 towns . There are also 23 unincorporated areas .

Due to the history of the county's settlement, the date of foundation in the list is not always to be equated with the beginning of the settlement. In many cases, parts of the towns were already settled before an official sale (grant) or a proclamation as part of the New Hampshire administration (Incorporation) took place. As a result, not all of the data is preserved.

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding
Berlin	City	10.051	161.8	159.6	63.0	1771
Carroll	town	763	130.0	129.9	5.9	1772
Clarksville	town	265	161.2	155.7	1.7	1854
Colebrook	town	2,301	105.9	105.4	21.8	0Dec. 1, 1790
Columbia	town	757	156.9	156.1	4.8	0Dec. 1, 1770
Dalton	town	979	72.6	71.2	13.7	0Nov 4, 1784
Dumber	town	304	128.0	124.9	2.4	0March 8 1773
Errol	town	291	180.6	157.0	1.9	Feb. 28, 1774
Gorham	town	2,848	83.7	82.4	34.6
Jefferson	town	1.107	130.6	129.7	8.5	Feb. 26, 1775
Lancaster ( County Seat )	town	3,507	131.4	129.1	27.2	0July 5, 1763
Milan	town	1,337	167.2	165.2	8.1	Dec 31, 1771
Northumberland	town	2,288	94.5	92.5	24.7	Nov 16, 1779
Pittsburg	town	869	754.1	728.7	1.2
Randolph	town	310	122.1	122.0	2.5	Aug 20, 1772
Shelburne	town	372	126.4	124.2	3.0	Dec 13, 1820
Strong	town	556	154.3	152.0	4.6	Dec 28, 1832
Stewartstown	town	1.004	121.2	119.7	8.4	Dec 1799
Stratford	town	746	207.2	205.8	3.6	Nov 16, 1779
Whitefield	town	2,306	92.3	88.6	26.0	04th July 1774

Unregulated areas

Locality	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]
Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy grant	0	50.6	50.3	0.0
Beans grant	0	25.1	25.1	0.0
Beans purchase	0	169.0	168.7	0.0
Cambridge township	8th	132.4	130.5	0.1
Chandlers purchase	0	5.5	5.5	0.0
Crawford's purchase	0	21.2	21.2	0.0
Cutts grant	0	29.6	29.6	0.0
Dixs grant	1	52.3	52.2	0.0
Dixville township	12	126.9	126.4	0.1
Ervings location	0	9.5	9.5	0.0
Greens grant	1	9.5	9.5	0.1
Hadley's purchase	0	19.2	19.2	0.0
Kilkenny township	0	66.4	66.4	0.0
Low and Burbanks grant	0	67.7	67.7	0.0
Martin's location	0	9.7	9.7	0.0
Millsfield township	23	117.0	115.9	0.2
Odell township	73	117.0	115.2	0.6
Pinkhams grant	9	9.8	9.8	0.9
Sargents purchase	3	66.9	66.9	0.0
Second college grant	0	107.9	106.6	0.0
Success township	0	147.7	146.3	0.0
Thompson and Meserves purchase	0	47.9	47.9	0.0
Wentworth location	33	50.3	48.0	0.7

literature

• John Farmer & Jacob B. Moore: A Gazetteer of the state of New-Hampshire . Concord 1823 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Edwin A. Charlton: New Hampshire as it is . Tracy and Sandford, Claremont, NH 1855 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Coös County (New Hampshire)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 873177. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ according to 2010 Census, American Fact Finder
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New Hampshire . National Park Service , accessed February 15, 2018.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 15, 2018.
5. ^ Population prior to 1790 by local census ( from the New Hampshire state website ), 1790-2010 by US census results

Coordinates: 44 ° 41 ′  N , 71 ° 18 ′  W