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VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Cheshire County, Nh Profile
ML070170156
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Issue date: 12/15/2006
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UNH Cooperative Extension NH Counties - Cheshire County Profile Page 1 of 1 Home About Us Counties News Events Publications Site Map Contact UsSearch Cheshire County Cheshire County Profile Cheshire County Cheshire County is located in the Monadnock region of Address & Office Hours southwestern New Hampshire with a total area of over 736 square Cheshire County miles. With 19 square miles of inland waterways, 83% forested, the Calendar/Events county remains relatively rural in character. The county population is 72,182 with the city of Keene (population 22,872) serving as the Cheshire County Staff geographical and social-economic center of the county. The town of Swanzey (population 6,653) and Jaffrey (population 5,431) are the Contact Us next largest communities in Cheshire. The remaining 52% of the County Profile population resides in relatively rural settings in the remaining 20 towns with populations ranging from 250 - 4,200. The split between Directions to those who were born in New Hampshire and those who have Cheshire County immigrated is about 50/50.

Links Cheshire County has a mix of rural villages, urban settings, forest News & Publications and agricultural land, and numerous lakes and streams. The health and vigor of its diverse natural resources is an important attraction.

Programs While the economic base is industrial, business, and service oriented, tourism is very important to the area. Monadnock State Park in Jaffrey (location of Mount Monadnock, the most heavily climbed mountain in New England), the 13,000 acre Pisgah State Park in the southwest corner of the county, and Rhododendron Related Links State Park in Fitzwilliam are significant natural attractions to the UNHCE Staff Directory area.

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