Places

Maps

1835 Atlas
Vermont & New Hampshire

1877
Vermont & New Hampshire

1877 Atlas
Grafton County

1895 Rand McNally Atlas
Grafton County NH
Courtesy of Pam Reitsch

1883 Ashland
Courtesy of Library of Congress

1883 Bethlehem
Courtesy of Library of Congress

1884 Bristol
Courtesy of Library of Congress

1877 Hanover

Townships

1877 Lebanon

1884 Lebanon
Courtesy of Library of Congress

1883 Plymouth
Courtesy of Library of Congress

Towns

Alexandria - Incorporated 1782

Ashland

Bath - Incorporated 1761, Bath is divided into Bath Village, Upper Village, Swiftwater, Carbee, Getchell, West Bath, Pettyboro, and Nutter Districts

Benton

Bethlehem

Bridgewater - In 1773, part of New Chester

Bristol - In 1773, part of New Chester

Campton

Canaan

Dorchester

Easton

Ellsworth

Enfield

Franconia - One of the Mountain County villages, Franconia was named for the German Franconian Alps. It was first named Indian Head in 1764. A charter was granted in 1772 as Morristown and renamed Franconia in 1782. Franconia Notch is known for Mounts Lafayette, Lincoln, and Garfield, Profile and Echo Lakes, The Flume and The Basin and the infamous Old Man of the Mountain. Franconia is located in Grafton County about 10 miles SE of the town of Bethlehem and 3.6 mile NW of Sugar Hill.

Grafton

Groton - In 1773, formerly Cockermouth

Hanover - Charter 1761; Hanover NHGenWeb by Edward Feustel

Haverhill - North Haverhill is the County Seat

Hebron

Holderness

Landaff - Incorporated 1764; in 1845 the Gore of Lincoln became part of Landaff

Lebanon - Charter 1761; Lebanon NHGenWeb by Edward Feustel

Lincoln

Lisbon - 1763 Charter as Concord; 1768 Charter as Gunthwaite; 1824 became Lisbon

Littleton - 1st Colonial Settlement 1770

Lyman

Lyme - Charter 1761

Monroe

Orange - In 1769 Chartered as Cardigan; Incorporated 1790

Orford - Chartered in 1761

Piermont - 1st Colonial Settlement Ca. 1768; Incorporated 1764

Plymouth - Incorporated in 1763

Rumney

Sugar Hill - Incorporated 1962

Thornton

Warren - Incorporated 1763

Waterville Valley - Incorporated 1829

Wentworth

Woodstock - 1763 original grant as Peeling; In 1771, named Fairfield; In 1840, named Woodstock

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