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Place Name
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Cheshire County
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Pronunciation
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CHE-shuhr
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Keene
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Population
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70,121 (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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42°55'N
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Longitude
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72°15'W
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Cheshire
(CHE-shuhr), county (
729 sq mi/1,888 sq km; 1990 pop.
70,121), SW N.H.;  Keene; 42°55'N 72°15'W. Bounded W by
Connecticut R. (Vt. state line); S by Mass. state line. Mfg. at Keene,
also at Jaffrey, Troy, West Jaffrey, and
Fitzwilliam. Mica and feldspar mining and processing, granite quarries;
timber; agr. (apples, vegetables, corn, nursery crops, hay; cattle,
sheep, poultry; dairying). Numerous lakes and ponds including Highland
L. in NE and Spofford L. in W; resorts on lakes. Drained by
Ashuelot R. and headwaters of the Contoocook R. Chesterfield Gorge
State Park in W; Pisgah State Park and Wantastiquet Natural Area in SW;
Rhododendron and Monandnock state parks in SE, including Monadnock Mt.
(3,165 ft/965 m); part of Annett State Forest
in SE; part of Honey Brook State Forest on N boundary. Formed
1769.
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