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Cheshire County, New Hampshire

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
156historic places
—earliest paper
1769formed
76,458pop. 2020
44cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 156 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Dublin, Harrisville, Keene.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New Hampshire is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Cheshire titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

135 of 156 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

156 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Acre (The)HarrisvilleBuilding1988
Adams FarmHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Adams, Dr. Daniel, HouseKeeneBuilding1989
Adams, John, Homestead-WellscroftHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Aldworth ManorHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Allison, Capt. Samuel, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Amory BallroomDublinBuilding1985
Amory HouseDublinBuilding1983
Amory-Appel CottageDublinBuilding1985
Appleton FarmDublinBuilding1983
Appleton-Hannaford HouseDublinBuilding1983
Asbury United Methodist ChurchChesterfieldBuilding1983
Ashuelot Covered BridgeAshuelotStructure1981
Ballou-Newbegin HouseDublinBuilding1983
Bancroft, Timothy, HouseHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Beal, Persia, HouseHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Beaver MillsKeeneDistrict1999
Beech HillDublinBuilding1983
Beech Hill Summer Home DistrictHarrisvilleDistrict1988
Bemis, Elbridge G., HouseHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Bemis, George, HouseHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Brackett HouseDublinBuilding1983
Bradley, Stephen Rowe, HouseWalpoleBuilding2005
Buckminster-Kingsbury FarmRoxburyBuilding2011
Burpee FarmDublinBuilding1983
Cabot, Louis, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Cabot, T.H., CottageDublinBuilding1983
Carleton BridgeEast SwanzeyStructure1975
Cheever, George, FarmHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Chesham Village DistrictHarrisvilleDistrict1986
Cheshire County CourthouseKeeneBuilding1978
Clay Memorial LibraryJaffreyBuilding2023
Clymer HouseHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Colony HouseKeeneBuilding2005
Colony's BlockKeeneBuilding1983
Conant Public LibraryWinchesterBuilding1987
Cooke, Noah, HouseKeeneBuilding1973
Coombs Covered BridgeWinchesterStructure1976
Corey FarmDublinBuilding1983
Derby Shop-Goodnow Pail Factory-Holman & Merriman Machine Shop-L. A. Carpenter Machine Shop-Streeter ShopHinsdaleBuilding2007
Dinsmoor-Hale HouseKeeneBuilding1976
Drewsville MansionWalpoleBuilding1996
Dublin Lake Historic DistrictDublinDistrict1983
Dublin Town HallDublinBuilding1980
Dublin Village Historic DistrictDublinDistrict1983
East Jaffrey Historic DistrictJaffreyDistrict2002
Eaton, Moses, Jr., HouseHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Elliot MansionKeeneBuilding1976
Eveleth FarmDublinBuilding1983
Far HorizonsDublinBuilding1983
Farwell, Corban C., HomesteadHarrisvilleBuilding1988
FasnacloichHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Faulkner & Colony Woolen MillKeeneBuilding2020
Fisk BarnDublinBuilding1983
Fiske, Catherine, Seminary For Young LadiesKeeneBuilding1976
Fitzwilliam Common Historic DistrictFitzwilliamDistrict1997
Foothill FarmDublinBuilding1983
Frost FarmDublinBuilding1983
Frost FarmDublinBuilding1983
GilchrestHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Gilsum Stone Arch BridgeGilsumStructure1989
GlenchrestHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Golden Rod Grange No. 114SwanzyBuilding1994
Gowing, James, FarmDublinBuilding1983
Gowing, Joseph, FarmDublinBuilding1983
Grace United Methodist ChurchKeeneBuilding1985
Greenwood, Isaac, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Greenwood, Moses, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Harrisville Historic District NHLHarrisville and vicinityDistrict1971
Harrisville Rural DistrictHarrisvilleDistrict1987
High Tops SchoolWestmorelandBuilding1984
Hutchinson HouseAlsteadBuilding2015
Ivanov-Rinov HouseDublinBuilding1983
Jaffrey Center Historic DistrictJaffreyDistrict1975
Jaffrey MillsJaffreyBuilding1982
Jewett-Kemp-Marlens HouseAlsteadBuilding1997
Jones HallMarlowBuilding1984
Joslin-Faulkner-Putnam HouseKeeneBuilding2021
Keene Unitarian Universalist ChurchKeeneBuilding2024
Kendall CottageHarrisvilleBuilding1988
KnollwoodDublinBuilding1983
Lattice CottageDublinBuilding1983
Lawrence FarmTroyBuilding2000
Learned HomesteadDublinBuilding1983
Learned, Amos, FarmDublinBuilding1983
Learned, Benjamin, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Markham HouseDublinBuilding1983
Marshall, Benjamin, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Martin, Micajah, FarmDublinBuilding1983
Mason HouseDublinBuilding1983
Mason-Watkins HouseSurryBuilding1982
McKenna CottageDublinBuilding1983
Moore Farm and Twitchell Mill SiteDublinBuilding1983
Morse, Asa, FarmDublinBuilding1983
Morse, Capt. Thomas, FarmDublinBuilding1983
Morse, Eli, FarmDublinBuilding1983
Morse, Eli, Sawmill FoundationsDublinSite1983
Mountain View FarmDublinBuilding1983
Needham HouseHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Nelson SchoolhouseNelsonBuilding1973
New Hampshire Conservatory of Music and the ArtsWinchesterBuilding1980
Old Patch PlaceFitzwilliamBuilding1980
Park Hill MeetinghouseWestmorelandBuilding1980
Parsons Studio and CasinoDublinBuilding1983
Peck-Porter HouseWalpoleBuilding2000
Perry, Ivory, HomesteadDublinBuilding1983
Perry, John, HomesteadDublinBuilding1983
Piper, Rufus, HomesteadDublinBuilding1983
Piper, Solomon, FarmDublinBuilding1983
Point ComfortHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Pottersville DistrictHarrisvilleDistrict1986
Pumpelly StudioDublinBuilding1983
Raubold HouseHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Richardson, Abijah, Sr., HomesteadDublinBuilding1983
Richardson, Deacon Abijah, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Richardson, John, HomesteadDublinBuilding1983
Richardson, Luke, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Richmond Community ChurchRichmondBuilding1983
Richmond School House No. 6RichmondBuilding1980
Richmond Town HallRichmondBuilding1979
Robbe, James, Jr., HouseDublinBuilding1983
Sawyer TavernKeeneBuilding1980
Sawyers Crossing Covered BridgeSwanzeyStructure1978
Second Rindge Meetinghouse, Horsesheds and CemeteryRindgeDistrict1979
Shedd-Porter Memorial LibraryAlsteadBuilding2010
Silver Lake DistrictHarrisvilleDistrict1986
Silver Lake FarmHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Slate Covered BridgeWestportStructure1978
Smith-Mason FarmHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Spur HouseDublinBuilding1983
Stationmaster's HouseHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Stone Arch BridgeKeeneStructure2012
Stone FarmDublinBuilding1983
Stone-Darracott HouseDublinBuilding1983
StonehengeDublinBuilding1983
Strong, Capt. Richard, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Strong, Richard, CottageDublinBuilding1983
Strongman, Henry, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Strongman, William, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Third Fitzwilliam MeetinghouseFitzwilliamBuilding1977
Todd BlockHinsdaleBuilding1988
Townsend FarmDublinBuilding1983
Townsend, Jabez, HouseHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Troy Village Historic DistrictTroyDistrict2002
United Church of Christ in KeeneKeeneBuilding1982
Veterans' Memorial HallRichmondBuilding1986
Wales, Mary Anne, HouseDublinBuilding1983
Walpole AcademyWalpoleBuilding1975
WeldwoodDublinBuilding1983
West Swanzey Covered BridgeWest SwanzeyStructure1980
Wildwood CottageHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Willard HomesteadHarrisvilleBuilding1988
Winchester Town HallWinchesterBuilding1987
Windmill HillDublinBuilding1983
Wood HouseDublinBuilding1983
Wyman TavernKeeneBuilding1972

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cheshire was formed in 1769 (1769-04-29) from unknown / original county.

CHESHIRE created as one of five original counties.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cheshire County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

77k52k26k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
28,77238,82545,37626,42927,43428,73431,32130,97534,95338,81143,34262,11673,82576,458

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

44 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 44 of 44 listed
NameLatLon
Baker Corner Cemetery43.15118-72.2512
Barus Cemetery42.74008-72.31481
Centennial Cemetery43.04236-72.27122
Center Cemetery43.11787-72.32646
Conant Cemetery42.80894-72.01504
Crehore Cemetery43.02846-72.37408
Cutler Cemetery42.82704-72.04836
East Cemetery42.93169-72.16952
Evergreen Cemetery42.76957-72.37093
Fort Dummer Cemetery42.82951-72.54221
Greenlawn Cemetery42.94007-72.27425
Hannah Davis-Amos Fortune Graves42.82872-72.05735
Hillside Cemetery42.74481-72.00673
Jefts Cemetery43.12174-72.16814
Joslin Cemetery43.0659-72.18981
Meetinghouse Cemetery42.88566-72.18946
Monadnock View Cemetery42.94753-72.31562
Mount Caesar Cemetery42.87228-72.28329
Mount Calvary Cemetery42.90587-72.21338
New Boston Cemetery42.86773-72.52011
North Cemetery42.95984-72.3014
North Cemetery42.96775-72.44913
Old Cemetery43.07811-72.11789
Old Center Cemetery42.82907-72.05732
Pine Grove Cemetery42.90576-72.20688
Pine Grove Cemetery42.75528-72.17107
Pine Grove Cemetery42.78082-72.47704
Rand Cemetery42.73535-72.05606
Rhodes Cemetery42.89708-72.2109
Robbins Cemetery42.72785-72.06473
Saint Josephs Cemetery42.9155-72.27299
Saint Josephs Cemetery42.79313-72.49398
Saint Peters Cemetery43.12307-72.41514
Slade Cemetery43.09056-72.36096
South Cemetery42.74295-72.27147
South Parish Cemetery42.73682-72.44655
South Village Cemetery42.961-72.43959
Surry Village Cemetery43.01992-72.32251
Village Cemetery42.77358-72.15367
Walpole Village Cemetery43.08753-72.42626
West Cemetery42.93752-72.31681
Wilder Cemetery42.73938-71.94173
Willard Hill Cemetery42.93471-72.1522
Woodland Cemetery42.9411-72.26892

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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