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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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
