What is "new hampshire"

'''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 land area and the 9th least populous of the 50 United States.

In January 1776 it became the first of the British North American colonies to establish a government independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain's authority and it was the first to establish its own state constitution. Six months later, it became one of the original 13 states that founded the United States of America, and in June 1788 it was the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, bringing that document into effect.

Concord is the state capital, while Manchester is the largest city in the state, and according to the U.S. census' 2015 estimate is the most populous New England city north of Boston, including other Massachusetts cities. It has no general sales tax, nor is personal income (other than interest and dividends) taxed at either the state or local level. It is known for the New Hampshire primary, 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.

Among prominent individuals from New Hampshire are founding father Nicholas Gilman, Senator Daniel Webster, Revolutionary War hero John Stark, editor Horace Greeley, founder of the Christian Science religion Mary Baker Eddy, poet Robert Frost, astronaut Alan Shepard, rock musician Ronnie James Dio, author Dan Brown, actor Adam Sandler, inventor Dean Kamen, comedian Sarah Silverman, and President of the United States Franklin Pierce.

With some of the largest ski mountains on the East Coast, New Hampshire's major recreational attractions include skiing, snowmobiling, and other winter sports, hiking and mountaineering, observing the fall foliage, summer cottages along many lakes and the seacoast, motor sports at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and Motorcycle Week, a popular motorcycle rally held in Weirs Beach near Laconia in June. The White Mountain National Forest links the Vermont and Maine portions of the Appalachian Trail, and boasts the Mount Washington Auto Road, where visitors may drive to the top of Mount Washington.

New Hampshire is a 1923 Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of poems written by Robert Frost. The book included several of Frost's most well-known poems, including " Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", " Nothing Gold Can Stay" and " Fire and Ice". Illustrations for the collection were provided by Frost's friend, woodcut artist J. J. Lankes.

New Hampshire is a state in the United States of America.

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 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poetry by Robert Frost
• New Hampshire (chicken), a breed of chicken
• USS New Hampshire (1864), a storeship launched in 1864 and destroyed by fire in 1921
• USS New Hampshire (BB-25), a Connecticut-class battleship commissioned in 1908 and sold for scrapping in 1923
• 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
• New Hampshire Avenue, a major street in Washington, DC

New Hampshire is a monthly lifestyle publication focused on "joining readers in a quest for all the best New Hampshire has to offer." It is a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA).