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Harrisville, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
History
Harrisville lies in the extreme eastern part of the county,
in lat. 42º 57' and long. 4º 59', bounded north by Nelson and Hancock, the
latter in Hillsboro county, east by Hancock and Peterboro, south by
Dublin and west by Roxbury and a portion of
Marlboro. This is the youngest township in the
county, having been incorporated as late as July 2, 1870, its area being
made up of territory taken from the southern part of Nelson and northern
part of Dublin. The extreme length of the town,
east and west, is nearly eight miles, and its greatest width, north and
south, from two and a half to three miles, comprising an area of about
10,000 acres, which, to be accurate, is enclosed as follows: Beginning at a
stone post, where the present north line of Dublin
intersects with the western line of Peterboro, thence extending north 77½º
west 2,525 rods, or following the north line of Dublin,
to the line of Marlboro; thence northerly on the line of
Marlboro and Roxbury to the southwest corner of
Nelson, near the head of Woodward pond; thence in a general easterly course,
with an offset north 160 rods on the east shore of Breed pond, about 1,784
rods, to the line of Hancock; and thence south 12º 30' south 480 rods,
thence south 79º east 879 rods, thence south 287 rods to the place of
beginning.
This history entails tax records, sketches of early industry, churches,
military, and benevolent societies, as well as biographies, genealogies, and
sketches of the following early settlers.
