New Hampshire

Capital	Concord
Population	1,235,786 Source: U.S. Census Bureau GCT-PH1-R. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density (geographies ranked by total population): 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
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
Professional Sports Teams (sports listing policy)	No NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA, MLS, or NHL teams.
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.
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Follow these links to read articles about New Hampshire from Encyclopedias and Almanacs:

• Encarta Concise Encyclopedia
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Information Please Almanac

• NH.gov: Your Online Portal to New Hampshire State Government
  http://www.nh.gov/
  This is the official website for the State of New Hampshire.
• New Hampshire State Library
  http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/
  Here is the homepage for the New Hampshire State Library.
• New Hampshire Historical Society
  http://www.nhhistory.org/
  Here is the homepage for the New Hampshire State Historical Society.
• Museum of New Hampshire History
  http://www.nhhistory.org/museum.html
  Here is the homepage for the New Hampsire Historical Society Museum.
• State of New Hampshire Division of Archives and Records Management
  http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/
  Here is the homepage for the New Hampshire State Archives.
• New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation
  http://www.nhstateparks.org/
  Here is the homepage for New Hampshire State Parks.
• Visit NH
  http://www.visitnh.gov/
  Here is the official state travel and tourism website for New Hampshire.
• New Hampshire Just For Kids
  http://www.nh.gov/nhfacts/index.html
  Here is the official New Hampshire state page for kids.

• 50states.com: New Hampshire
  http://www.50states.com/newhamps.htm
  The site provides a wealth of information about New Hampshire. It includes everything from the highest point to county profile to climate.
• Things To Do in New Hampshire
  http://www.thingstodo.com/states/NH/index.htm
  ThingsToDo.com is an online guide to information about New Hampshire's entertainment, recreation, and travel, and includes the state's interesting facts, famous people, and special events.
• Roadside America: New Hampshire Attractions
  http://www.roadsideamerica.com/map/nh.html
  Roadside America describes itself as an online guide to offbeat attractions. This site offers reviews of "weird sites along the highway" in New Hampshire.
• New Hampshire.com: the Gateway to the Granite State
  http://newhampshire.com/education/index.aspx
  New Hampshire.com is an online directory of information about sports, entertainment, travel, relocating and living in the Granite State.
• The New Hampshire Almanac
  http://www.state.nh.us/nhinfo/index.html
  The NH Almanac is a site for students of all ages to find out about the people and places of New Hampshire.
• Doing a School Report on New Hampshire
  http://www.newhampshire.com/pages/schoolreport.cfm
  This special section from New Hampshire.com offers help for students writing school reports about the state.
• FedStats: MapStat: United States: New Hampshire
  http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/states/33000.html
  Fast access to statistics from more than 100 federal agencies on "economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more" in New Hampshire.

• 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.

• Sarah Josepha Hale, author and journalist who wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
• Alan B. Shepard Jr., first American to travel in space.
• Presidents from New Hampshire with links to the IPL's POTUS (Presidents of the United States) page:
  
  • Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States, was born in Hillsborough (now Hillsboro), New Hampshire in 1804.
• Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath), Vice President of the United States under President Ulysses Grant, was born in Farmington, New Hampshire in1812.