Rockingham County History The traditional county seat is Exeter,
although there is a County Courthouse in both Exeter and the adjacent town
of Brentwood. First settled by
Europeans moving north from the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts as early
as 1623. The government was linked with Massachusetts until New Hampshire
became a separate colony in 1679, but counties weren't introduced until
1769.
Rockingham was identified in 1769 as one of five original
counties for the colony. It is named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd
Marquess of Rockingham, who had been Prime Minister in 1765-1766. The
county was organized in 1771, with its County Seat at Exeter. In 1844 its
area was reduced by the formation of Belknap County to the northwest. In
1997 the county court facilities were moved to the current county seat at
Brentwood. [source:
wikipedia.org]
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