Coos County
(pronounced "ko-as"
with two syllables) Formed in 1803
Coos County was
separated from the northern part of Grafton County, New Hampshire and
organized at Berlin December 24, 1803, although the county seat was later
moved to Lancaster, with an additional shire town at Colebrook. The name
Coos derives from the Algonquian Indian term meaning crooked, the Indian
name of the Connecticut River, which rises in the northernmost end of the
county.
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transcribe and post genealogical source data so that family researchers
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Cities, Towns, Villages and
unincorporated places in Coos County, NH
Atkinson &
Gilmanton Academy Grant Bean's Grant Bean's
Purchase Berlin Cambridge Carroll Chandler's
Purchase Clarksville Colebrook Columbia Crawford's
Purchase Cutt's Grant Dalton Dix's Grant
Dixville Dixville Notch Dummer Errol Erving's
Location Gorham Green's Grant Groveton
Hadley's
Purchase Jefferson Kilkenny Lancaster Low and
Burbank's Grant Martin's Location Milan
Millsfield Northumberland Odell Pinkham's
Grant Pittsburg Randolph Sargent's Purchase Shelburne
Stark Stewartstown Stratford Success Thompson and
Meserve's Purchase Wentworth's Location Whitefield
Mountains of Coos County Presidential Range White Mountains Mount
Kelsey White Mountain National Forest
Main Street Bridge Spanning Israels
River Lancaster, Coos County, NH