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Place Name
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Coos County
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Pronunciation
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KO-waws
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Lancaster
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Population
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34,828 (1990)
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Location
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Connecticut, United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°41'N
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Longitude
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71°17'W
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Coos
(KO-waws), county (
1,831 sq mi/4,742 sq km; 1990
pop. 34,828), N N.H, bounded W by Connecticut R. (forms Vt. state
line), bounded NW and N by Can. (Que.), bounded E by Maine state
line;  Lancaster; 44°41'N 71°17'W. Recreational and forestry
region, including Presidential Range of White Mts. and parts of White
Mt. Natl. Forest in S and S center, with many resorts; hunting, fishing
in Connecticut Lakes region in N. Mfg. (pulp and paper, wood prods.) in
Berlin and Groveton; timber, agr. (potatoes, nursery crops, vegetables,
hay, apples; cattle, poultry; dairying). Drained by Androscoggin (water
power), Connecticut (CT), and Upper Ammonoosuc rivers. Coleman and L.
Francis state parks in N. Nash Stream State Forest and Cape Horn State
Forest in W center; Forest L. State Park and Weeks State Park in SW;
Connecticut Lakes State Forest in N; Umbagog L. on E boundary (with
Maine); Milan Hill and Nansen Wayside state parks in S center; Dixville
Notch State Park in N center. Formed 1803.
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