Strafford County, NH

STRAFFORD COUNTY, situated on the east boundary of New Hampshire with Salmon Falls river on the northeast. Area, 500 square miles. Face of the country, hilly or undulating; soil, good. Seat of justice, Dover. Pop. in 1810, 41,594; in 1820, 51,117; in 1830, 58,910; in 1840, 61,127; in 1850, 29,314. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
New Hampshire

Strafford County, New Hampshire (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
STRAFFORD COUNTY, situated on the east boundary of New Hampshire with Salmon Falls river on the northeast. Area, 500 square miles. Face of the country, hilly or undulating; soil, good. Seat of justice, Dover. Pop. in 1810, 41,594; in 1820, 51,117; in 1830, 58,910; in 1840, 61,127; in 1850, 29,314.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 346.
Name Type
Dover, NH City or Town
Farmington, NH City or Town
Rochester, NH City or Town
Somersworth, NH City or Town
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