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N.H. Towns Settled between
1623 and 1650
• Kensington• New Castle• Newfields• Newmarket• North Hampton• Portsmouth• Rye• Seabrook• South Hampton
• Brentwood• Dover• Durham• Epping• Exeter• Fremont• Greenland• Hampton• Hampton Falls
• Manchester• Merrimack• Newton• Nottingham• Pelham• Plaistow• Raymond• Rollinsford• Windham
Towns Added
1700 - 1725
• Chester• Derry• East Kingston• Epsom• Hudson• Kingston • Litchfield• Londonderry
Towns Added
1775 - 1800
• Gilford• Jackson
• Lincoln
• Madbury
• Madison
• Ossipee
• Pittsburg
• Randolph
• Stewartstown
• Tuftonboro
• Benton• Bethlehem
• Carroll
• Chatham
• Colebrook
• Columbia
• Eaton
• Ellsworth
• Enfield
• Errol
• Berlin• Cambridge• Clarksville• Dummer• Gorham• Milan• Roxbury• Waterville• Whitefield
Towns Added
1800 - 1850
N.H. TownsRemaining Unsettled
1850
• Erving’s Location• Green’s Grant• Hadley’s Purchase• Hale’s Location• Hart’s Location• Kilkenny• Livermore• Low & Burnham’s Purchase• Martin’s Location• Millsfield• Odell• Pinkham’s Grant• Sargent’s Purchase• Second College Grant• Success• Sugar Hill*• Thompson & Meserve’s Purchase• Wentworth’s Location
• Atkinson & Gilmanton Academy Grant• Bean’s Grant• Bean’s Purchase• Chandler’s Purchase• Crawford’s Purchase• Cutt’s Grant• Dix’s Grant• Dixville
(* Sugar Hill separated from Lisbon in 1966)
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Atlantic Ocean
Piscataqua
Exeter
MerrimackContoocook
Ashuelot
Connecticut
Pemigewasset
Ammonoosuc
Saco
Ellis
Phillips BrookUpper
Ammonoosuc
Androscoggin
Great Bay
Three Connecticuts & Francis
Umbagog
Newfound
Sunapee
Massabesic
Bow
Ossipee
Wentworth
Squam
Winnisquam
Winnipesaukee
New HampshireRivers & Lakes
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Points to ConsiderPoints to Consider• What natural geographic features probably
influenced early settlement of New Hampshire? What economic factors affected the order of settlement?
• Which period in New Hampshire history had the most rapid settlement? Why might that be?
• Why do you think some places remain unsettled even today?
• When was your town settled?
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