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How was New Hampshire named?

Updated: 8/23/2023
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Most of New England was settled by the English. Inventing new names for the places they settled was never a high priority. In fact, it is very rare for anyone to think up a "new name". I'll bet your name is the same name shared by thousands of people. When the settlers from England had a new place they were settling and it needed a name they usually chose a name that was already familiar to them from their life in England. There is a Hampshire in Southern England and so they named this new place "New Hampshire". Not very original but it probably also helped them feel a little more at home to have places named like that.

It got its name from a little county on the southern cost of England. Most places with a "new" are from Europe.

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Hampshire was a location in England. When the English settled the region, they named the region '"New" Hamshire', in dedication to the English location. The Same thing applies to 'New York' & 'New England'.

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It was named for Hampshire County in southern England.

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New Hampshire was named New Hampshire after the English colony of Hampshire, where Jhon Mason had enjoyed a number of years as a child.

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Forr it geology and self sufficiency.

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