List of New Hampshire county name etymologies
- List of New Hampshire county name etymologies
This is a list of New Hampshire county name etymologies.
* Belknap County, New Hampshire: Belknap is named for Jeremy Belknap, an early New Hampshire historian.
* Carroll County, New Hampshire: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence.
* Cheshire County, New Hampshire: Cheshire is named for the English county of Cheshire.
* Coos County, New Hampshire: Coos is named for a Native American word meaning "crooked", in reference to a bend in the Connecticut River.
* Grafton County, New Hampshire: Grafton is named for Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
* Hillsborough County, New Hampshire: Hillsborough is named for Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, known in America as the Earl of Hillsborough.
* Merrimack County, New Hampshire: Merrimack is named for the Merrimack River, which is in turn believed to have been adopted by early European settlers from "Merruasquamack", a Native American word meaning "swift water place".
* Rockingham County, New Hampshire: Rockingham is named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, a two-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
* Strafford County, New Hampshire: Stafford is named for William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford.
* Sullivan County, New Hampshire: Sullivan is named for John Sullivan, the third and fifth governor of New Hampshire.
ource
* [http://www.state.nh.us/nhinfo/ffcounties.html New Hampshire Almanac: New Hampshire Counties]
ee also
* New Hampshire
* List of New Hampshire counties
* Lists of U.S. county name etymologies
* County (United States)
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