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New Hampshire is a state located in the Northeastern United States.It is divided into 234 municipalities, including 221 towns and 13 cities.New Hampshire is organized along the New England town model, where the state is nearly completely incorporated and divided into towns, 13 of which are designated as "cities".
The last counties created were Belknap County and Carroll County, in 1840. The majority of New Hampshire's counties were named for prominent British or American people or geographic locations and features. Only one county's name originates in a Native American language: Coös County, named for an Algonquian word meaning "small pines".
In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part of any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited). Category:Townships in New Hampshire (25 listed, including 9 Grants, 4 Locations and 6 Purchases)
English: Map of the State of New Hampshire Counties and Towns Based on GIS Information found in the map “New Hampshire Political Boundaries,” available through NH GRANIT, Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, created from Digital Line Graphs from US Geological Survey data (April 2009)
New Hampshire has 10 counties and 234 cities and towns. New Hampshire is a "Dillon Rule" state, meaning the state retains all powers not specifically granted to municipalities. Even so, the legislature strongly favors local control, particularly concerning land use regulations.
All of New Hampshire's 10 counties shifted to the right in the presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, now the president-elect.. With 99% of ...
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