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Place Name
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Carroll County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Ossipee
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Population
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35,410 (1990)
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Location
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New Hampshire, United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°52'N
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Longitude
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71°13'W
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Carroll
, county
( 992 sq mi/2,569 sq km;
1990 pop. 35,410), E N.H.;  Ossipee; 43°52'N 71°13'W.
Bounded E by Maine state line; SW by L. Winnipesaukee; Squam L. on W
boundary. Agr. and recreational region; summer and winter resorts in L.
Winnipesaukee area and White Mountains in S. Agr. in center and S
(vegetables, nursery crops, corn, apples; cattle, hogs, poultry;
dairying). Granite quarrying; some mfg. at Conway and Wolfeboro.
Drained by Saco, Ellis, Bearcamp, and Ossipee rivers. Ossippe L. in E
center; Squam L. in W; L. Wentworth in S, with Wentworth State Park on
N shore; Ossippee Mts. in center; Pinkham Notch pass
(2,032 ft/619 m) on N boundary; Crawford Notch
pass (1,773 ft/540 m) and Crawford Notch State
Park in extreme NW; Hemenway State Forest in center; part of White Mt.
Natl. Forest in N and W; General John Wentworth State Historical Site
in S; Several ski areas, especially in N; Pine River State Forest in
SE; White Lake State Park in center; Echo Lake State Park in N. Formed
1840.
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