Lancaster (New Hampshire)

Coös County

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Lancaster is a city (town ) in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the administrative seat of Coos County with 3,280 residents. Lancaster is the gateway to the Great North Woods region. The eastern city area partly belongs to the White Mountain National Forest.

Geography

The place has an area of ​​132.8 km ², of which 129.8 km ² land and 3.0 km ² ( 2.28% ) water. Lancaster is drained by the Israel River, which flows into the Connecticut River.

The town is located 263 meters above the sea, the highest point in the municipality is Mount Cabot 1,003 m altitude.

History

1763 City of Captain David Page of Petersham was settled. It was the first settlement north of Haverhill, which is located 80 km south of Lancaster, and was originally in the country, which today belongs Vermont on the Connecticut River, which forms the border between the two states. The place has been to Lancaster in Massachusetts, the hometown of a resident named.

Well-known residents

  • GG Allin, punk singer
  • Jacob Benton, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New Hampshire
  • Chester Bradley Jordan, Governor
  • Ossian Ray, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New Hampshire
  • John Wingate Weeks, Senator and Secretary of War
  • Jared W. Williams, Governor
  • Place in New Hampshire
  • Place in North America
  • Coös County ( New Hampshire)
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