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 203-204 Part Two of Gazetteer: WARNER - a township in Hillsborough county, was incorporated in 1774, and in 1810, contained 1838 inhabitants; bounded N.W. by Sutton, Kearsarge Gore, and Salisbury, N.E. by Boscawen, S.E. by Hopkinton and Henniker, and S.W. by Bradford and Sutton, comprising an area of 27,571 acres. This town was formerly called Almsbury; and Warner river, which passes through it was called Almsbury river. This river is the central branch of the Contoocook, and a large number of streams fall into it as it passes through this town and through a part of Boscawen into Hopkinton. There are here 3 religious societies and 2 meeting houses. Rev. William Kelly was ordained in this town in 1772, and died in 1813. The present ministers are the Rev. J. Woods and Elder E. Wilmarth. There are in this place 7 grain mills, 11 sawmills, 2 clothing mills, 2 carding machines, and 5 stores. No town in the state has better grazing land than Warner. Submitted by T.C. Parziale 5/30/00 **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.