Belknap County, NH

Headnote

BELKNAP COUNTY, situated in the easterly part of New Hampshire, with Lake Winnipisiogee on the northeast, and Pemigewasset river on the west. Winnipisiogee river intersects this county, which forms a portion of its southeast boundary. Area, 288 square miles. The face of the country is mountainous and hilly, and much of the soil highly fertile. Seat of justice, Gilford. Pop. in 1850, 17,721. (Fanning's, 1853)

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County
Containing Unit
New Hampshire

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

Gazetteer/Almanac
BELKNAP COUNTY, situated in the easterly part of New Hampshire, with Lake Winnipisiogee on the northeast, and Pemigewasset river on the west. Winnipisiogee river intersects this county, which forms a portion of its southeast boundary. Area, 288 square miles. The face of the country is mountainous and hilly, and much of the soil highly fertile. Seat of justice, Gilford. Pop. in 1850, 17,721.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 38.
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Fire devastates the small New Hampshire town of Laconia Crime/Disasters
Name Type
Gilmanton, NH City or Town
Meredith, NH City or Town
New Hampton, NH City or Town
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