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Place Name
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Rockingham County
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Pronunciation
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RAW-keeng-ham
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Exeter
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Population
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245,845 (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°58'N
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Longitude
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71°05'W
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Rockingham
(RAW-keeng-ham), county ( 794
sq mi/2,056 sq km; 1990 pop. 245,845),
SE N.H.;  Exeter; 42°58'N 71°05'W. Bounded NE by Piscataqua
R. (tidal; Maine state border), E by Atlantic Ocean, and S by Mass.
state line. Mfg. at Portsmouth, Exeter, Hampton, Seabroook, Plaistow,
Derry, Londonderry, Windham, and Salem; agr. (apples, nursery crops,
vegetables, corn, beans; seafood, fish, lobster; cattle, poultry;
dairying); shipping at Portsmouth; resorts on coast and lakes. Drained
by Exeter, Piscassic, Hampton, Pawtuckaway, and Lamprey rivers.
Seabrook nuclear power plant, initial criticality June 13, 1989; is
13 mi/21 km S of Portsmouth, uses cooling
water from the Atlantic Ocean, and has a max. dependable capacity of
1150 MWe. Fort Constitution and Fort Stark state historic sites in NE;
part of Bear Brook State Park on NW boundary; Pawtuckaway State Park in
NW; Kingston State Park in S; Isles of Shoals (Maine/ N.H.)
7 mi/11.3 km off coast; numerous
ponds in S; Massabesic L. on W boundary; Pawtuckaway L. in NW; on coast
Odiorne Point, Wallis Sands, Rye Harbor, and Jenness Beach state parks
in NE; Hampton State Park in SE. State's 1st settlement made 1623 near
Portsmouth. Formed 1769.
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