Place:Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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NameCheshire
Alt namesChelshiresource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS33004818
Cheshiresource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates42.933°N 72.267°W
Located inNew Hampshire, United States     (1771 - )
See alsoSullivan, New Hampshire, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Cheshire County is a county in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,458. Its county seat is the city of Keene. Cheshire was one of the five original counties of New Hampshire, and is named for the county of Cheshire in England. It was organized in 1771 at Keene. Sullivan County was created from the northern portion of Cheshire County in 1827.

Cheshire County comprises the Keene, NH Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1771 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1771 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1771 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1790 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1830 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1790 28,772
1800 38,825
1810 40,988
1820 45,376
1830 27,016
1840 26,429
1850 30,144
1860 27,434
1870 27,265
1880 28,734
1890 29,579
1900 31,321
1910 30,659
1920 30,975
1930 33,685
1940 34,953
1950 38,811
1960 43,342
1970 52,364
1980 62,116
1990 70,121

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External links

www.co.cheshire.nh.us/


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