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The region shares its name with Dartmouth College, a prestigious Ivy League institution, and Lake Sunapee, a popular tourist destination. Interstate 89 forms the main freeway connecting the region to other parts of New Hampshire, as well as to nearby Vermont. Lebanon, Hanover, and Claremont are the three most populous communities in the region.
New Hampshire is a state located in the Northeastern United States. It is divided into 234 municipalities, including 221 towns and 13 cities. New Hampshire is organized along the New England town model, where the state is nearly completely incorporated and divided into towns, 13 of which are designated as "cities". For each town/city, the table ...
First named "Enfield" by settlers from Enfield, Connecticut, the town was renamed "Relhan" in 1766 to honor Dr. Anthony Relhan (c. 1715 –1776). The doctor was a promoter of sea-bathing as a curative, making Brighton, England, a fashionable resort. Following the American Revolution, the New Hampshire town was renamed Enfield in 1784. [3]
New Hampshire is divided into five large river basins. The Lake Sunapee watershed is part of the Connecticut River Basin. The watershed is surrounded by high hills and 55 square miles (142 km 2) of town lands including parts of Sunapee, Newbury, Sutton, New London, Springfield and Goshen. There are 35 streams or tributaries that empty into Sunapee.
New Hampshire is the state with the seventh highest median household income in the United States: $89,992 as of 2022. [1] The most affluent parts of the state are in the Seacoast Region , in the outer Boston suburbs, and around Dartmouth College .
Populated places in New Hampshire generally fall into one or more of the following categories (which see): Category:Cities in New Hampshire (13 cities) Category:Towns in New Hampshire (221 towns) Category:Census-designated places in New Hampshire (46 places) Category:Unincorporated communities in New Hampshire (villages, hamlets, settlements, etc.)
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Map Belknap County: 001: Laconia: 1840: Parts of Merrimack County and Strafford County. Jeremy Belknap (1744–1798), early New Hampshire historian. 65,027: 401 sq mi (1,039 km 2) Carroll County: 003: Ossipee: 1840: Part of Strafford County. Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737–1832), the last surviving signatory of the United States ...