List of counties in New Hampshire

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New Hampshire counties

State Abbr. FIPS State Code State
NH 33 New Hampshire
FIPS County Code County Name Formed County Seat
History
001 Belknap County 1840 Laconia
Formed from: Parts of Merrimack County and Strafford County. Named for: Jeremy Belknap, an early New Hampshire historian
003 Carroll County 1840 Ossipee
Formed from: towns removed from Strafford County. Named for: Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.
005 Cheshire County 1769 Keene
Original New Hampshire county. Named for the English county of Cheshire.
007 Coos County 1803 Lancaster
Formed from part of Grafton County. Named for: A Native American word meaning crooked, in reference to a bend in the Connecticut River.
009 Grafton County 1769 Haverhill
Original New Hampshire county. Named for Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, a Prime Minister of Great Britain
011 Hillsborough County 1769 Nashua and Manchester
Original New Hampshire county. Named for Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, known in America as the Earl of Hillsborough.
013 Merrimack County 1823 Concord
Formed from parts of Hillsborough County and Rockingham County. Named for the Merrimack River.
015 Rockingham County 1769 Brentwood
Original New Hampshire county. Named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, a two-time Prime Minister of Great Britain. Exeter was the county seat until 1997.
017 Strafford County 1769 Dover
Original New Hampshire county. Named for William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford.
019 Sullivan County 1827 Newport.
Formed from part of Cheshire County. Named for John Sullivan, the third and fifth governor of New Hampshire

State Abbr.	FIPS State Code	State
NH	33	New Hampshire
	FIPS County Code	County Name	Formed	County Seat
History
	001	Belknap County	1840	Laconia
Formed from: Parts of Merrimack County and Strafford County. Named for: Jeremy Belknap, an early New Hampshire historian
	003	Carroll County	1840	Ossipee
Formed from: towns removed from Strafford County. Named for: Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.
	005	Cheshire County	1769	Keene
Original New Hampshire county. Named for the English county of Cheshire.
	007	Coos County	1803	Lancaster
Formed from part of Grafton County. Named for: A Native American word meaning crooked, in reference to a bend in the Connecticut River.
	009	Grafton County	1769	Haverhill
Original New Hampshire county. Named for Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, a Prime Minister of Great Britain
	011	Hillsborough County	1769	Nashua and Manchester
Original New Hampshire county. Named for Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, known in America as the Earl of Hillsborough.
	013	Merrimack County	1823	Concord
Formed from parts of Hillsborough County and Rockingham County. Named for the Merrimack River.
	015	Rockingham County	1769	Brentwood
Original New Hampshire county. Named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, a two-time Prime Minister of Great Britain. Exeter was the county seat until 1997.
	017	Strafford County	1769	Dover
Original New Hampshire county. Named for William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford.
	019	Sullivan County	1827	Newport.
Formed from part of Cheshire County. Named for John Sullivan, the third and fifth governor of New Hampshire

Source

[New Hampshire Almanac: New Hampshire Counties]

Lists of Counties in the United States
(Parishes in Louisiana; Boroughs and census areas in Alaska)

	State of New Hampshire Constitution \| General Court \| Executive Council \| Governors \| Supreme Court
Regions:	Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee \| Golden Triangle \| Great North Woods \| Lakes Region \| Merrimack Valley \| Monadnock \| Seacoast \| White Mountains
Counties:	Belknap \| Carroll \| Cheshire \| Coos \| Grafton \| Hillsborough \| Merrimack \| Rockingham \| Strafford \| Sullivan
Cities:	Berlin \| Claremont \| Concord \| Dover \| Franklin \| Keene \| Laconia \| Lebanon \| Manchester \| Nashua \| Portsmouth \| Rochester \| Somersworth
Towns:	Acworth \| Albany \| Alexandria \| Allenstown \| Alstead \| Alton \| Amherst \| Andover \| Antrim \| Ashland \| Atkinson \| Auburn \| Barnstead \| Barrington \| Bartlett \| Bath \| Bedford \| Belmont \| Bennington \| Benton \| Bethlehem \| Boscawen \| Bow \| Bradford \| Brentwood \| Bridgewater \| Bristol \| Brookfield \| Brookline \| Campton \| Canaan \| Candia \| Canterbury \| Carroll \| Center Harbor \| Charlestown \| Chatham \| Chester \| Chesterfield \| Chichester \| Clarksville \| Colebrook \| Columbia \| Conway \| Cornish \| Croydon \| Dalton \| Danbury \| Danville \| Deerfield \| Deering \| Derry \| Dorchester \| Dublin \| Dummer \| Dunbarton \| Durham \| East Kingston \| Easton \| Eaton \| Effingham \| Ellsworth \| Enfield \| Epping \| Epsom \| Errol \| Exeter \| Farmington \| Fitzwilliam \| Francestown \| Franconia \| Freedom \| Fremont \| Gilford \| Gilmanton \| Gilsum \| Goffstown \| Gorham \| Goshen \| Grafton \| Grantham \| Greenfield \| Greenland \| Greenville \| Groton \| Hampstead \| Hampton \| Hampton Falls \| Hancock \| Hanover \| Harrisville \| Hart's Location \| Haverhill \| Hebron \| Henniker \| Hill \| Hillsborough \| Hinsdale \| Holderness \| Hollis \| Hooksett \| Hopkinton \| Hudson \| Jackson \| Jaffrey \| Jefferson \| Kensington \| Kingston \| Lancaster \| Landaff \| Langdon \| Lee \| Lempster \| Lincoln \| Lisbon \| Litchfield \| Littleton \| Londonderry \| Loudon \| Lyman \| Lyme \| Lyndeborough \| Madbury \| Madison \| Marlborough \| Marlow \| Mason \| Meredith \| Merrimack \| Middleton \| Milan \| Milford \| Milton \| Monroe \| Mont Vernon \| Moultonborough \| Nelson \| New Boston \| New Castle \| New Durham \| New Hampton \| New Ipswich \| New London \| Newbury \| Newfields \| Newington \| Newmarket \| Newport \| Newton \| North Hampton \| Northfield \| Northumberland \| Northwood \| Nottingham \| Orange \| Orford \| Ossipee \| Pelham \| Pembroke \| Peterborough \| Piermont \| Pittsburg \| Pittsfield \| Plainfield \| Plaistow \| Plymouth \| Randolph \| Raymond \| Richmond \| Rindge \| Rollinsford \| Roxbury \| Rumney \| Rye \| Salem \| Salisbury \| Sanbornton \| Sandown \| Sandwich \| Seabrook \| Sharon \| Shelburne \| South Hampton \| Springfield \| Stark \| Stewartstown \| Stoddard \| Strafford \| Stratford \| Stratham \| Sugar Hill \| Sullivan \| Sunapee \| Surry \| Sutton \| Swanzey \| Tamworth \| Temple \| Thornton \| Tilton \| Troy \| Tuftonboro \| Unity \| Wakefield \| Walpole \| Warner \| Warren \| Washington \| Waterville Valley \| Weare \| Webster \| Wentworth \| Westmoreland \| Whitefield \| Wilmot \| Wilton \| Winchester \| Windham \| Windsor \| Wolfeboro \| Woodstock
Unincorporated:	Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant \| Bean's Grant \| Bean's Purchase \| Cambridge \| Chandler's Purchase \| Crawford's Purchase \| Cutt's Grant \| Dix's Grant \| Dixville \| Erving's Location \| Green's Grant \| Hadley's Purchase \| Hale's Location \| Kilkenny \| Livermore \| Low and Burbank's Grant \| Martin's Location \| Millsfield \| Odell \| Pinkham's Grant \| Sargent's Purchase \| Second College Grant \| Success \| Thompson and Meserve's Purchase \| Wentworth's Location

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	State of New Hampshire Constitution \| General Court \| Executive Council \| Governors \| Supreme Court
Regions:	Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee \| Golden Triangle \| Great North Woods \| Lakes Region \| Merrimack Valley \| Monadnock \| Seacoast \| White Mountains
Counties:	Belknap \| Carroll \| Cheshire \| Coos \| Grafton \| Hillsborough \| Merrimack \| Rockingham \| Strafford \| Sullivan
Cities:	Berlin \| Claremont \| Concord \| Dover \| Franklin \| Keene \| Laconia \| Lebanon \| Manchester \| Nashua \| Portsmouth \| Rochester \| Somersworth
Towns:	Acworth \| Albany \| Alexandria \| Allenstown \| Alstead \| Alton \| Amherst \| Andover \| Antrim \| Ashland \| Atkinson \| Auburn \| Barnstead \| Barrington \| Bartlett \| Bath \| Bedford \| Belmont \| Bennington \| Benton \| Bethlehem \| Boscawen \| Bow \| Bradford \| Brentwood \| Bridgewater \| Bristol \| Brookfield \| Brookline \| Campton \| Canaan \| Candia \| Canterbury \| Carroll \| Center Harbor \| Charlestown \| Chatham \| Chester \| Chesterfield \| Chichester \| Clarksville \| Colebrook \| Columbia \| Conway \| Cornish \| Croydon \| Dalton \| Danbury \| Danville \| Deerfield \| Deering \| Derry \| Dorchester \| Dublin \| Dummer \| Dunbarton \| Durham \| East Kingston \| Easton \| Eaton \| Effingham \| Ellsworth \| Enfield \| Epping \| Epsom \| Errol \| Exeter \| Farmington \| Fitzwilliam \| Francestown \| Franconia \| Freedom \| Fremont \| Gilford \| Gilmanton \| Gilsum \| Goffstown \| Gorham \| Goshen \| Grafton \| Grantham \| Greenfield \| Greenland \| Greenville \| Groton \| Hampstead \| Hampton \| Hampton Falls \| Hancock \| Hanover \| Harrisville \| Hart's Location \| Haverhill \| Hebron \| Henniker \| Hill \| Hillsborough \| Hinsdale \| Holderness \| Hollis \| Hooksett \| Hopkinton \| Hudson \| Jackson \| Jaffrey \| Jefferson \| Kensington \| Kingston \| Lancaster \| Landaff \| Langdon \| Lee \| Lempster \| Lincoln \| Lisbon \| Litchfield \| Littleton \| Londonderry \| Loudon \| Lyman \| Lyme \| Lyndeborough \| Madbury \| Madison \| Marlborough \| Marlow \| Mason \| Meredith \| Merrimack \| Middleton \| Milan \| Milford \| Milton \| Monroe \| Mont Vernon \| Moultonborough \| Nelson \| New Boston \| New Castle \| New Durham \| New Hampton \| New Ipswich \| New London \| Newbury \| Newfields \| Newington \| Newmarket \| Newport \| Newton \| North Hampton \| Northfield \| Northumberland \| Northwood \| Nottingham \| Orange \| Orford \| Ossipee \| Pelham \| Pembroke \| Peterborough \| Piermont \| Pittsburg \| Pittsfield \| Plainfield \| Plaistow \| Plymouth \| Randolph \| Raymond \| Richmond \| Rindge \| Rollinsford \| Roxbury \| Rumney \| Rye \| Salem \| Salisbury \| Sanbornton \| Sandown \| Sandwich \| Seabrook \| Sharon \| Shelburne \| South Hampton \| Springfield \| Stark \| Stewartstown \| Stoddard \| Strafford \| Stratford \| Stratham \| Sugar Hill \| Sullivan \| Sunapee \| Surry \| Sutton \| Swanzey \| Tamworth \| Temple \| Thornton \| Tilton \| Troy \| Tuftonboro \| Unity \| Wakefield \| Walpole \| Warner \| Warren \| Washington \| Waterville Valley \| Weare \| Webster \| Wentworth \| Westmoreland \| Whitefield \| Wilmot \| Wilton \| Winchester \| Windham \| Windsor \| Wolfeboro \| Woodstock
Unincorporated:	Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant \| Bean's Grant \| Bean's Purchase \| Cambridge \| Chandler's Purchase \| Crawford's Purchase \| Cutt's Grant \| Dix's Grant \| Dixville \| Erving's Location \| Green's Grant \| Hadley's Purchase \| Hale's Location \| Kilkenny \| Livermore \| Low and Burbank's Grant \| Martin's Location \| Millsfield \| Odell \| Pinkham's Grant \| Sargent's Purchase \| Second College Grant \| Success \| Thompson and Meserve's Purchase \| Wentworth's Location

List of counties in New Hampshire

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Source