Defunct placenames are those no longer used officially.
Many populated places in the
U.S. state of
New Hampshire once prospered and are now gone, subsumed by adjacent cities or renamed. Similarly, many geophysical features have had their names changed over time. This is an alphabetized list of the names of such places that once appeared on the maps, along with references to their present names, if any. Although no longer officially recognized, some of these may yet have local significance.
Adams: Original 1800 name of
Jackson until 1829.[1]
Ammortoosack: Early alternative spelling for Ammonoosuc.[2]
Nottingham West: Part of early
Hudson and
Nashua, east of the Merrimack and west of
Pelham.[3]
Number One: Original name of
Mason. Also the name of
Warner in 1735, later New Amesbury. Also 1752 name of
Chesterfield.[8]
Number Two: 1741 name of
Jaffrey, also called Middle Monadnock. Also name of
Westmoreland, then part of Massachusetts, later called Great Meadow.[citation needed]
Nutfield: Original name of
Londonderry from 1718 to 1722.[citation needed] At the time, Nutfield was the second largest town in colonial New Hampshire, and present-day
Londonderry, as well as
Derry,
Windham, and portions of
Manchester were formed from it.
^
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAlonzo Fogg; The Statistics and Gazetteer of New Hampshire, D.L. Guernsey, Concord, 1874
^
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuSamuel Lewis, Map of New Hampshire, in Carey's General Atlas, 1794.
^
abcdefghijklmnopEdward Ruggles; New - Hampshire, from late surveys; O.T. Eddy engraving; Walpole, NH, 1817
^
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuPhilip Carrigain, “New Hampshire By Recent Survey made under the Supreme Authority And Published According To Law by Philip Carrigain, Counselor at Law And Late Secretary of the State”; Carrigain, Philip, 1816.
^
abcAlonzo Fogg; The Statistics and Gazetteer of New Hampshire, D.L. Guernsey, 1874, Railroad and Post Office Map of New Hampshire, prepared for the Gazetteer.
^
abc(author unknown) Atlas of New Hampshire, page 299: Pittsburg, Hubbard, Webster and Carlisle, 1892
^S.A. Mitchell, Map of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, in New American Atlas, 1831.
^
abcThos. Jefferys, “A new map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain, with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada, in The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America,” 1755.
^Nathanial G. Huntington, Huntington's School Atlas: Vermont and New Hampshire, 1836
^"Monson Site". Windows on Hollis Past. Town of Hollis, NH. Archived from
the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
^Smith, Steven D.; Dickerman, Mike (2017). The 4000-Footers of the White Mountains: A Guide and History (Second ed.). Littleton, New Hampshire: Bondcliff Books.
ISBN978-1-931271-24-0.
^"Community Profile". New Hampshire Employment Security. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
^Rev A.N. Somers, "History of Lancaster, New Hampshire", Rumford Press, 1899, p.5, (noting Lancaster was original name of incorporated area south of Stonington, in 1763, although early settlers may have intentionally settled upon the best meadows on the southern end of Stonington)
^Frances Ann Johnson, "History of Monroe, New Hampshire, 1761-1954", Higginson Books (reprint), 1955, p.43
Defunct placenames are those no longer used officially.
Many populated places in the
U.S. state of
New Hampshire once prospered and are now gone, subsumed by adjacent cities or renamed. Similarly, many geophysical features have had their names changed over time. This is an alphabetized list of the names of such places that once appeared on the maps, along with references to their present names, if any. Although no longer officially recognized, some of these may yet have local significance.
Adams: Original 1800 name of
Jackson until 1829.[1]
Ammortoosack: Early alternative spelling for Ammonoosuc.[2]
Nottingham West: Part of early
Hudson and
Nashua, east of the Merrimack and west of
Pelham.[3]
Number One: Original name of
Mason. Also the name of
Warner in 1735, later New Amesbury. Also 1752 name of
Chesterfield.[8]
Number Two: 1741 name of
Jaffrey, also called Middle Monadnock. Also name of
Westmoreland, then part of Massachusetts, later called Great Meadow.[citation needed]
Nutfield: Original name of
Londonderry from 1718 to 1722.[citation needed] At the time, Nutfield was the second largest town in colonial New Hampshire, and present-day
Londonderry, as well as
Derry,
Windham, and portions of
Manchester were formed from it.
^
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAlonzo Fogg; The Statistics and Gazetteer of New Hampshire, D.L. Guernsey, Concord, 1874
^
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuSamuel Lewis, Map of New Hampshire, in Carey's General Atlas, 1794.
^
abcdefghijklmnopEdward Ruggles; New - Hampshire, from late surveys; O.T. Eddy engraving; Walpole, NH, 1817
^
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuPhilip Carrigain, “New Hampshire By Recent Survey made under the Supreme Authority And Published According To Law by Philip Carrigain, Counselor at Law And Late Secretary of the State”; Carrigain, Philip, 1816.
^
abcAlonzo Fogg; The Statistics and Gazetteer of New Hampshire, D.L. Guernsey, 1874, Railroad and Post Office Map of New Hampshire, prepared for the Gazetteer.
^
abc(author unknown) Atlas of New Hampshire, page 299: Pittsburg, Hubbard, Webster and Carlisle, 1892
^S.A. Mitchell, Map of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, in New American Atlas, 1831.
^
abcThos. Jefferys, “A new map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain, with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada, in The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America,” 1755.
^Nathanial G. Huntington, Huntington's School Atlas: Vermont and New Hampshire, 1836
^"Monson Site". Windows on Hollis Past. Town of Hollis, NH. Archived from
the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
^Smith, Steven D.; Dickerman, Mike (2017). The 4000-Footers of the White Mountains: A Guide and History (Second ed.). Littleton, New Hampshire: Bondcliff Books.
ISBN978-1-931271-24-0.
^"Community Profile". New Hampshire Employment Security. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
^Rev A.N. Somers, "History of Lancaster, New Hampshire", Rumford Press, 1899, p.5, (noting Lancaster was original name of incorporated area south of Stonington, in 1763, although early settlers may have intentionally settled upon the best meadows on the southern end of Stonington)
^Frances Ann Johnson, "History of Monroe, New Hampshire, 1761-1954", Higginson Books (reprint), 1955, p.43