, New Hampshire, USA
1895 - New Hampshire

New Hampshire, one of the New Eng land states of the American Union, bounded N. by the province of Quebec, Canada, E. by Maine and the Atlantic, S. by Massachusetts, and W. by Vermont. Its W. boundary is the W. bank of the Connecticut River as far northward as the mouth of Hall's Stream, which affluent the state line ascends to its source, and thence it follows eastwardly the rest of one of the ranges called Notre Dame Mountains by the Canadians, till the W. boundary of Maine is reached. Its southern limit is in lat. 42°40' N. (very nearly), ex cept that eastward of the Merrimac River the state line runs as nearly as possible at a uniform distance of 5 miles to the north of that stream. Area, 9305 square miles, of which 9005 square miles constitute the land area, the en closed water surface of the state occupying 300 square miles...

Population.—The original settlers of New Hampshire were of English descent, with a large admixture of the vigorous and enterprising Scotch-Irish stock, from which many of the principal New Hampshire families trace their descent; but of late there has been much emigration to other states, and this emigration has been only in part compensated for by the inflow of foreign immigrants, principally of Irish, French Canadian, and Nova Scotia birth. Pop. in 1790, 141,899; in 1800, 183,762; in 1810,214,360; in 1820, 244,161; in 1830, 269,328; in 1840, 284,574: in 1850, 317,976; in 1860,326,073; in 1870, 318,300; in 1880, 346,991; in 1890, 376,530.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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