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Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

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113historic places
—earliest paper
1769formed
422,937pop. 2020
126cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 113 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Manchester, Nashua, Wilton.

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 Hillsborough titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

74 of 113 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

113 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abbot HouseNashuaBuilding1980
All Saints' ChurchPeterboroughBuilding1980
Amherst Village Historic DistrictAmherstDistrict1982
Ash Street SchoolManchesterBuilding1975
Athens BuildingManchesterBuilding1975
Barnes, Jonathan, HouseHillsborough CenterBuilding1982
Bedford Presbyterian ChurchBedfordBuilding2007
Bedford Town HallBedfordBuilding1984
Bennington Village Historic DistrictBenningtonDistrict2010
Birchwood InnTempleBuilding1985
Brick SchoolhouseSharonBuilding2002
Building at 418-420 Notre Dame Ave.ManchesterBuilding1996
Carpenter and Bean BlockManchesterBuilding2002
Carpenter, Frank Pierce, HouseManchesterBuilding1994
Chase, Amos, House and MillWeareBuilding1992
Citizens' HallLyndeboroughBuilding1999
Contoocook Mills Industrial DistrictHillsboroughDistrict1975
Contoocook Mills Industrial District (Boundary Increase)HillsboroDistrict1985
County Farm BridgeWiltonStructure1981
Cragin, Daniel, MillWiltonBuilding1982
Currier Gallery of ArtManchesterBuilding1979
District AManchesterDistrict1982
District BManchesterDistrict1982
District CManchesterDistrict1982
District DManchesterDistrict1982
District EManchesterDistrict1982
Dunlap BuildingManchesterBuilding2004
First Unitarian Congregational ChurchWiltonBuilding2026
Flint Estate, TheAntrimDistrict1984
Francestown MeetinghouseFrancestownBuilding1999
Francestown Town Hall and Academy and Town Common Historic DistrictFrancestownDistrict2016
Gay, Alpheus, HouseManchesterBuilding1982
Goffstown Congregational ChurchGoffstownBuilding1996
Goffstown Covered Railroad BridgeGoffstownStructure1975
Goffstown High SchoolGoffstownBuilding1997
Goffstown Main Street Historic DistrictGoffstownDistrict2007
Goffstown Public LibraryGoffstownBuilding1995
Goodell Company MillAntrimBuilding2023
Grasmere Schoolhouse #9 and Town HallGoffstownBuilding1990
Greenfield Meeting HouseGreenfieldBuilding1983
Hamblet-Putnam-Frye HouseWiltonBuilding2000
Hancock Village Historic DistrictHancockDistrict1988
Hancock-Greenfield BridgeHancockStructure1981
Harrington-Smith BlockManchesterBuilding1987
Hill-Lassonde HouseManchesterBuilding1985
Hills HouseHudsonBuilding1983
Hills Memorial LibraryHudsonBuilding1984
Hillsborough County CourthouseNashuaBuilding1985
Hillsborough MillsMilfordBuilding2013
Hillsborough Railroad BridgeHillsboroughStructure1975
Hollis Village Historic DistrictHollisDistrict2001
Hoyt Shoe FactoryManchesterBuilding1985
Hubbard, Thomas Russell, HouseManchesterBuilding1988
Hunt Memorial LibraryNashuaBuilding1971
Kalil HouseManchesterBuilding2025
Kennedy Hill FarmGoffstownBuilding1984
Killicut-Way HouseNashuaBuilding1989
Kimball Brothers Shoe FactoryManchesterBuilding1985
Lamson FarmMount VernonBuilding1981
Lyndeborough Center Historic DistrictLyndeborough CenterDistrict1984
MacDowell Colony NHLPeterboroughDistrict1966
Manchester City HallManchesterBuilding1975
McClure-Hilton HouseMerrimackBuilding1989
Meetinghouse, TheHollisBuilding1982
Milford Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing CompanyMilfordBuilding1982
Milford Suspension BridgeMilfordStructure2017
Milford Town House and Library AnnexMilfordBuilding1988
Mont Vernon Town HallMont VernonBuilding2024
Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company Historic DistrictNashuaDistrict2015
Nashua Manufacturing Company Historic DistrictNashuaDistrict1987
Nashville Historic DistrictNashuaDistrict1984
New England Glassworks SiteTempleSite1975
New Hampshire State Union ArmoryManchesterBuilding1982
New Ipswich Center Village Historic DistrictNew IpswichDistrict1991
New Ipswich Town HallNew IpswichBuilding1984
Nichols, Marion, Summer HomeHollisBuilding2003
North Weare SchoolhouseWeareBuilding1995
Old County Road South Historic DistrictFrancestownDistrict1980
Old Post Office BlockManchesterBuilding1986
Parker's StoreGoffstownBuilding1980
Peabody, William, HouseMilfordBuilding1979
Pelham Library and Memorial BuildingPelhamBuilding2011
Peterborough Town HousePeterboroughBuilding1996
Peterborough Unitarian ChurchPeterboroughBuilding1973
Pierce, Franklin, Homestead NHLHillsboroughBuilding1966
Sainte Marie Roman Catholic Church Parish Historic DistrictManchesterDistrict2019
Sanders, G. O., HouseHudsonBuilding1986
Signer's House and Matthew Thornton CemeteryMerrimackBuilding1978
Smith and Dow BlockManchesterBuilding2002
Smith, Gov. John Butler, HouseHillsboroughBuilding2002
Smyth TowerManchesterBuilding1978
St. George's School and ConventManchesterBuilding1985
Stark ParkManchesterSite2006
Stark, Gen. George, HouseNashuaBuilding1980
Stark, Gen. John, HouseManchesterBuilding1973
Stonyfield FarmWiltonBuilding1983
Straw, William Parker, HouseManchesterBuilding1987
Sullivan HouseManchesterBuilding2023
Sullivan, Roger, HouseManshesterBuilding2004
Temple Town HallTempleBuilding2007
US Post Office-Peterborough MainPeterboroughBuilding1986
Union ChapelHillsboroughBuilding2009
Valley CemeteryManchesterSite2004
Varney SchoolManchesterBuilding1982
Victory Park Historic DistrictManchesterDistrict1996
Weare Town HouseWeareBuilding1985
Weston ObservatoryManchesterBuilding1975
Whiting, Oliver, HomesteadWiltonBuilding1982
Whittaker, Caleb, PlaceWeareBuilding1983
Wilton Public and Gregg Free LibraryWiltonBuilding1982
Wilton Town HallWiltonBuilding2009
Woodbury, Levi, HomesteadFrancetownBuilding2007
Zimmerman HouseManchesterBuilding1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

HILLSBOROUGH created as one of five original counties.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

423k228k33k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
32,87143,89953,88442,49462,14075,634112,640135,512144,888156,987178,161276,608380,841422,937

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

126 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 126 listed
NameLatLon
Amoskeag Cemetery43.00439-71.47968
Appleton Cemetery43.10394-71.88604
Atwood Cemetery42.73355-71.3134
Bartlett Cemetery43.09937-71.80384
Beals Cemetery42.90693-71.52904
Butler Cemetery43.10504-71.88849
Cemetery Road Cemetery42.97398-71.68812
Center Cemetery42.94649-71.52068
Central Cemetery42.74952-71.85591
Chestnut Hill Cemetery42.93921-71.61352
Coolidge Cemetery43.14424-71.95702
Corliss Cemetery43.0348-71.75924
Cricket Corner Cemetery42.83568-71.59413
Dow Cemetery43.09095-71.79508
East Cemetery42.74856-71.5774
East Cemetery42.81572-71.83598
East Hill Cemetery42.88003-71.93777
East Weare Cemetery43.09813-71.72035
Eaton Cemetery43.13775-71.69302
Edgewood Cemetery42.77127-71.47823
Evergreen Cemetery42.7431-71.46078
Evergreen Cemetery43.0093-71.915
Farrar Cemetery43.1859-71.91564
Gerry Cemetery43.14563-71.91564
Gibson Cemetery42.72901-71.32567
Goffs Falls Cemetery42.93547-71.45229
Goodale Cemetery43.0768-71.82103
Greenlawn Cemetery42.89567-71.6771
Greenvale Cemetery42.93682-71.85548
Greenville Cemetery42.76086-71.80709
Greenwood Cemetery42.80016-71.81001
Gumpas Cemetery42.72355-71.34776
Hall Cemetery42.97702-71.43784
Hebrew Cemetery42.96712-71.45641
Hillcrest Cemetery42.8598-71.47007
Hills Farm Cemetery42.78465-71.44474
Hillside Cemetery43.02115-71.5451
Hillside Cemetery43.05174-71.72313
Hillside Cemetery42.98462-71.97291
Holy Cross Cemetery42.77332-71.43883
Holy Trinity Cemetery43.01321-71.50633
Huse Cemetery42.97616-71.42896
Israel Brotherhood Cemetery42.70108-71.31994
Jarmany Hill Cemetery42.80378-71.92899
Kimball Corner Cemetery43.18896-71.9348
Knight Cemetery42.94489-71.87278
Lakeview Cemetery42.73776-71.68139
Last Rest Cemetery42.86829-71.49636
Laurel Hill Cemetery42.83878-71.74153
Lithuanian Cemetery42.77504-71.50535
MacDowell Cemetery42.88925-71.96064
MacLaurin Family Cemetery42.87364-71.89516
Manchester Center Cemetery42.9748-71.42506
Maple Avenue Cemetery43.11785-71.95508
Maplewood Cemetery43.04-71.93525
Meadow View Cemetery42.86498-71.63224
Merrill Cemetery42.95081-71.43436
Miller Cemetery42.81476-71.83665
Mount Calvary Cemetery42.83807-71.73832
Mount Calvary Cemetery43.00508-71.48646
Mount Calvary Cemetery43.00776-71.91879
Munroe Cemetery43.15951-71.91536
New Saint Josephs Cemetery42.96813-71.49868
North Cemetery42.78193-71.60251
North Cemetery42.83131-71.93444
North Lyndeborough Cemetery42.94396-71.75424
North Yard Cemetery42.84952-71.67512
Norway Plain Cemetery42.97453-71.98397
Old Burial Ground42.77738-71.46272
Old Cemetery42.95158-71.87194
Old Dunstable Cemetery42.71465-71.44329
Old Saint Josephs Cemetery42.97502-71.49117
Old Town Cemetery42.89086-71.93524
Old Village Burial Ground42.81861-71.85108
Pine Grove Cemetery42.72397-71.65729
Pine Grove Cemetery42.96023-71.46369
Pine Grove Cemetery43.09862-71.72166
Pine Hill Cemetery42.76846-71.53855
Pine Hill Cemetery42.88754-71.94374
Pine Hill Cemetery43.12035-71.95814
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Blood42.79675-71.51785
East Weare43.09703-71.67424
Everett43.08453-71.65757
Fessenden43.09703-71.69174
Richardson42.8412-71.67646
Sargent43.05647-71.65063
Tirrell Hill42.99369-71.53535

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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