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New Hampshire is in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America named after the southern English county of Hampshire. The state ranks 44th in land area, 46th in total area of the 50 states, and 41st in population. It became the first post-colonial sovereign nation in the Americas when it broke off from Great Britain in January 1776, and was one of the original thirteen States that founded the United States of America six months later. It was the ninth state to ratify the United States Constitution, bringing that document into effect. New Hampshire was the first U.S. state to have its own state constitution, and is the only state with neither a general sales tax nor a personal income tax. The first American public library was established at Peterborough. The world-recognized "Concord Coach" was made in the state, as was America's first cog-railroad to Mount Washington dating 1869. |
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| Capital |
Concord |
| Population |
1,235,786 |
| Governor |
John Lynch (D, to January 2009) |
| Entered the Union |
June 21, 1788, as the 9th State |
| Motto |
Live Free or Die |
| Nickname |
Granite state |
| Flower |
Purple Lilac |
| Bird |
Purple Finch |
| Song |
Old New Hampshire and New Hampshire, My New Hampshire |
| Major Active Sports Teams |
None |
| Origin of Name |
From the English county of Hampshire |
| Major Industries |
Electrical Machinery, Textiles, Pulp and Paper Products, and Stone and Clay Products; Dairy and Poultry Farming, Fruit Growing, Truck Vegetables, Corn, Potatoes, Hay |
| Historical Sites |
Daniel Webster's Birthplace near Franklin and Strawberry Banke, the restored building of the original colonial settlement at Portsmouth |
| Points of Interest |
Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire's largest lake; White Mountain National Forest; The Old Man of the Mountain granite head profile at Franconia Notch State Park, the New Hampshire's state symbol,(which collapsed on May 1, 2003) |
| Bordering States |
New Hampshire borders Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maine. |
| Flag |
The state flag shall be of the following color and design: The body or field shall be blue and shall bear upon its center in suitable proportion and colors a representation of the state seal. The seal shall be surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves with nine stars interspersed. |
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Did You Know …
• As leaders in the revolutionary cause, New Hampshire delegates received the honor of being the first to vote for the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
• New Hampshire is the only state that ever played host at the formal conclusion of a foreign war. In 1905, Portsmouth was the scene of the treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War.
• The first potato planted in the United States was at Londonderry Common Field, New Hampshire in 1719.
• In 1774 New Hampshire became the first state to declare itself independent from England.
• In 1833 the first free public library in the United States was established in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
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Famous People from the State of New Hampshire …
• President Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States, was born in Hillsborough (now Hillsboro), New Hampshire in 1804.
• Sarah Josepha Hale, author and journalist who wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
• Alan B. Shepard Jr., first American to travel in space.
• Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath), Vice President of the United States under President Ulysses Grant, was born in Farmington, New Hampshire in1812.
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For more information about the State of New Hampshire, please visit their official website at: http://www.nh.gov/
For more information about the Grange in the State of New Hampshire, please visit the New Hampshire State Grange website at: http://www.nhgrange.org
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