Headnote
SULLIVAN COUNTY, situated on the west boundary of New Hampshire, on the east bank of Connecticut river. Area, 530 square miles. Face of the country, hilly and mountainous; soil, fertile along the streams. Seat of justice, Newport. Pop. in 1830, 19,669; in 1840, 20,340; in 1850, 19,375. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
New Hampshire

Sullivan County, New Hampshire (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
SULLIVAN COUNTY, situated on the west boundary of New Hampshire, on the east bank of Connecticut river. Area, 530 square miles. Face of the country, hilly and mountainous; soil, fertile along the streams. Seat of justice, Newport. Pop. in 1830, 19,669; in 1840, 20,340; in 1850, 19,375.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 347.
Name Type
Cornish, NH City or Town
Newport, NH City or Town
Plainfield, NH City or Town
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