From The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire (in three parts), 
compiled from the best authorities, by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late 
Phinehas Merrill, Esq.,
Printed by C. Norris & Co. , Exeter, NH, ©1817, pg 165-166

Part Two of Gazetteer:

NEW CHESTER - in Grafton county, was incorporated in 1778, and contained in 1810, a 
population of 895 inhabitants; bounded N.W. by Danbury and Alexandria, N. by 
Newfound pond, E. by Pemigewasset river, and S. by Andover, comprising 23,456 acres.  
Grafton turnpike and a branch of Blackwater river pass over the S.W. part of the town, 
and over its northerly part flows Smith’s brook, which falls into the Pemigewasset river 
opposite New Hampton.
	A ridge, called Ragged mountain, separates this town from Andover.  There are 
here 3 religious societies, 1 meeting house, 3 grain mills, and 5 saw mills.  In the year 
1796, twenty five persons died here of the dysentery.





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