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Granted in 1735 by Governor Jonathan Belcher of Massachusetts, this town was the site of Fort Number 1, first in the line of forts bordering the Connecticut River.After the border between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was fixed, the town was incorporated on February 11, 1752 [3] by Governor Benning Wentworth as Chesterfield, named for Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
Spofford is an unincorporated community in the northeastern part of the town of Chesterfield in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. It is situated at the outlet of Spofford Lake and is located along New Hampshire Route 9A. While no population figures are available for Spofford, it is slightly larger than the town-center village of ...
West Chesterfield is an unincorporated community in the town of Chesterfield in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located north of New Hampshire Route 9 in a valley leading to the Connecticut River. Via Route 9, Keene is 14 miles (23 km) to the east, and Brattleboro, Vermont, is 3 miles (5 km) to the west.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
Spofford Lake is a 732-acre (2.96 km 2) [1] body of water in the town of Chesterfield in southwestern New Hampshire, United States.Water from Spofford Lake flows via Partridge Brook to the Connecticut River.
Hinsdale is in the southwestern corner of New Hampshire, bordered to the west across the Connecticut River by Vermont and to the south by Massachusetts.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 22.7 square miles (58.7 km 2), of which 20.5 square miles (53.1 km 2) are land and 2.1 square miles (5.5 km 2) are water, comprising 9.42% of the town.
New Hampshire Route 9 (abbreviated NH 9 and also known as the Franklin Pierce Highway [2]) is a 109.910-mile-long (176.883 km) state highway located in southern New Hampshire. It runs across the state from west to east and is a multi-state route with Vermont and Maine , part of 1920s-era New England Interstate Route 9 .
Chesterfield Gorge Natural Area, also known as Chesterfield Gorge State Wayside, is a 13-acre (5.3 ha) state park on Route 9 in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. [3] The park conserves a rocky gorge with waterfalls on Wilde Brook. There is picnicking, a seasonal visitor center, and 0.7-mile (1.1 km) trail on either side of the brook.