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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
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.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 28,772
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| 1800 | 38,825
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| 1810 | 40,988
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| 1820 | 45,376
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| 1830 | 27,016
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| 1840 | 26,429
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| 1850 | 30,144
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| 1860 | 27,434
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| 1870 | 27,265
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| 1880 | 28,734
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| 1890 | 29,579
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| 1900 | 31,321
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| 1910 | 30,659
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| 1920 | 30,975
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| 1930 | 33,685
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| 1940 | 34,953
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| 1950 | 38,811
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| 1960 | 43,342
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| 1970 | 52,364
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| 1980 | 62,116
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| 1990 | 70,121
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Research Tips
External links
www.co.cheshire.nh.us/
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