The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . town, and located nearwhat was then the center of popula-tion. It was the sole shire town forthe present county limits until 1846,when a term of the court was estab-lished at Manchester, and in 1S57another term at Nashua. In 1S23, Merrimack county wasformed from towns in the northernpart of Hillsborough and Rocking-ham counties. Those taken fromHillsborough county were as fol-lows: Andover, Bradford, Boscawen,Dunbarton, Henniker, Hooksett,Hopkinton, Newbury, New London,Salisbury, Sutton, Warner, and Wil-mot. Prior to
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . town, and located nearwhat was then the center of popula-tion. It was the sole shire town forthe present county limits until 1846,when a term of the court was estab-lished at Manchester, and in 1S57another term at Nashua. In 1S23, Merrimack county wasformed from towns in the northernpart of Hillsborough and Rocking-ham counties. Those taken fromHillsborough county were as fol-lows: Andover, Bradford, Boscawen,Dunbarton, Henniker, Hooksett,Hopkinton, Newbury, New London,Salisbury, Sutton, Warner, and Wil-mot. Prior to the formation of Mer-rimack county, or from the year1792, the May term of the superiorcourt and the September and Decem-ber terms of the court of commonpleas were held at Hopkinton, andthis town became a half-shire townof Hillsborough county, and so con-tinued till the year 1823. For the facts in regard to thetowns in this county, I am indebtedto the New Hampshire State Paper- On Historv of Hillsbor- ough County, and to the varioustown histories that have been cPHI
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