Rockingham

Rockingham

      county, extreme southeastern New Hampshire, U.S. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and Maine and Little and Great bays to the northeast; the Piscataqua River constitutes the boundary with Maine. The county is the state's only coastal lowland, although the terrain rises to more than 1,000 feet (305 metres) at Mount Pawtuckaway in the northwest. The principal waterways are the Exeter, Squamscott, and Lamprey rivers and Massabesic, Pawtuckaway, and Northwood lakes. New Hampshire and Maine share the Isles of Shoals, offshore islands notable for trade and fishing in the early 18th century. Recreational areas along the coastline include Hampton Beach, Rye Harbor, Wallis Sands, and Ordiorne Point state parks. Other public lands include Pawtuckaway, Kingston, and Bear Brook state parks. The county is forested with white pine.

      North Salem contains an archaeological site that dates to about 1000 BC. Abenaki, Squamscott, and Pennacook Indians clashed with settlers of the region from the 1690s through the 1720s. Portsmouth, the site of New Hampshire's oldest settlement (1623), was an important colonial seaport noted for fur trading and shipbuilding. It contains several historic buildings, including the Richard Jackson House (built c. 1664), the oldest residence in New Hampshire.

      Rockingham, one of New Hampshire's original counties, was created in 1769. It was named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd marquess of Rockingham (Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd marquess of).The county seat is the historic town of Exeter, which replaced Portsmouth as the New Hampshire colony capital (1776–84). Phillips Exeter Academy was founded in Exeter in 1781. Scotch-Irish immigrants settled in the region surrounding Derry, the home of the Pinkerton Academy (founded 1814) and of poet Robert Frost (Frost, Robert) from 1900 to 1911. Other communities are New Castle, Hampton, Raymond, and Newmarket. The economy is based on plastics, computers, insurance and health care, and business services. Area 695 square miles (1,801 square km). Pop. (2000) 277,359; (2007 est.) 296,543.

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