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NICK NAME | The Granite State. | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Concord | |
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LARGEST CITY | Manchester | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Nashua | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Hillsborough | |
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AREA | 9,351 sq. miles; 8,969 sq. miles land, 382 sq. miles water. (46th Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 6,288 ft., Mount Washington (Coos County) | |
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LOWEST POINT | Sea level on Atlantic Coast. | |
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ABBREVIATION | NH (postal); N.H. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 603 | |
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TIME ZONE | Eastern | |
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PART OF REGION | New England | |
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ADMISSION DATE | June 21, 1788 (9th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the the northeastern United States with a small portion along the Atlantic, bordering Massachusetts, Vermont, the Canadian province of Quebec, and Maine. The three southern most Isle of Shoals off the Atlantic coast also belong to New Hampshire. One of the Original thirteen English colonies. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | For the county of Hampshire, England. Named by Capt. John Mason (15876 - 1635), who received a grant to a portion of the territory later occupied by the colony and state. He had been governor of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. | |
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STATE BIRD | Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Purple Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) | |
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STATE INSECT | Ladybug (Hippodamia convergens) | |
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STATE SONG | "Old New Hampshire" | |
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STATE TREE | White Birch (Betula Pendula) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Live Free or Die |
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