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New Hampshire is a state in the United States of America.
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. New Hampshire is the 5th smallest by area and the 10th least populous of the 50 states. Concord is the state capital, while Manchester is the largest city in the state. It has no general sales tax, nor is personal income taxed at either the state or local level. The New Hampshire primary is the first primary in the U.S. presidential election cycle. Its license plates carry the state motto, "Live Free or Die". The state's nickname, "The Granite State", refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries.
New Hampshire may also refer to:
- Province of New Hampshire, the colonial-era predecessor of the U.S. state
- New Hampshire, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Auglaize County
- New Hampshire (collection), a collection of poetry by Robert Frost
- New Hampshire (chicken), a breed of chicken
- USS New Hampshire (1864), a storeship
- USS New Hampshire (BB-25), a Connecticut-class battleship commissioned in 1908
- USS New Hampshire (BB-70), a Montana-class battleship authorized in 1940 but canceled in 1943
- USS New Hampshire (SSN-778), a Virginia-class submarine commissioned in 2008
- University of New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Wildcats, the athletic teams of the University of New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Wildcats, or 'Cats, are the NCAA Division I athletic teams of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, United States. The wildcat is the school's official mascot, the colors are UNH Blue and white. The University of New Hampshire sponsors teams in seven men's. eleven women's and one coed NCAA sanctioned sports. A full member of the America East Conference, New Hampshire also fields teams in five sports not sponsored by the America East. The men's and women's hockey teams are members of Hockey East, the gymnastics team is a member of the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL), and the ski team is a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA). The football team plays as an associate member of the Colonial Athletic Association in the Football Championship Subdivision, the second tier of Division I formerly known as Division I-AA.
- New Hampshire Avenue, a street in Washington, DC
The Province of New Hampshire was a colony of England and later a British province in North America. The name was first given in 1629 to the territory between the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers on the eastern coast of North America, and was named after the county of Hampshire in southern England by Captain John Mason, its first named proprietor. In 1776 the province established an independent state and government, the State of New Hampshire, and joined with twelve other colonies to form the United States.
New Hampshire is a census-designated place in central Goshen Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 174.
The USS New Hampshire (1864) was a 2,633 ton ship originally designed to be the 74-gun ship of the line Alabama, but she remained on the stocks for nearly 40 years, well into the age of steam, before being renamed and launched as a storeship and depot ship during the American Civil War. She was later renamed to USS Granite State.
