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Place Name
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Hillsborough County
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Pronunciation
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HILZ-buh-ro
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Nashua
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Population
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336,073 (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°54'N
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Longitude
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71°43'W
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Hillsborough
(HILZ-buh-ro), county (
892 sq mi/2,310 sq km; 1990 pop.
336,073), S N.H., on Mass. (S) state line;  Nashua; 42°54'N
71°43'W. Mfg. center of N.H., one of leading industrial cos. of U.S.,
with mfg. at Manchester, Nashua, Bedford, Hudson, Merrimack, and
Milford. Granite quarrying; timber; agr. (vegetables, corn, beans, hay,
apples; cattle, hogs, poultry; dairying). Resorts. Drained by
Contoocook, Piscataquog, Souhegan, Merrimack, and Nashua rivers.
Franklin Pierce Homestead in NW, at Hillsborough; Silver L. State Park
in SE; Miller and Greenfield state parks and Sheiling Forest in W
center; Clough State Park in NE; Fox Forest and part of Low State Park
in NW. Formed 1769.
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