Place:Croydon, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States

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NameCroydon
TypeTown
Coordinates43.45°N 72.15°W
Located inSullivan, New Hampshire, United States
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Croydon is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 801 at the 2020 census.

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Incorporated in 1763, the town takes its name from Croydon, a suburb of London, England.

Croydon was home to Ruel Durkee, a powerful 19th century political boss in the state. The town of "Coniston" in the 1906 best-selling novel of the same name, by American author Winston Churchill, is based on Croydon, and Durkee was portrayed as "Jethro Bass". The local Coniston General Store is named after the novel, as are YMCA Camp Coniston and Lake Coniston in the eastern part of the town.

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