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New Hampshire
Motto: "Live free or die"
Nicknames: "The Granite State" - "The White Mountain State" - "Switzerland of America"
Capital: Concord
Population: 1,287,687 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 41st in US State Population
Size: 190 miles long and 70 miles wide; covers 9,351 square miles - 46th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Purple Finch
State Flower: Purple Lilac
Captain John Mason received a grant for land in 1629. He named this land New Hampshire after the English county of Hampshire where he had enjoyed living for a number of years as a child.
New Hampshire became a state on June 21, 1788. It was the 9th state to be admitted to the Union.
People who live or come from New Hampshire are called "New Hampshirites," "New Hampshiremen," and "New Hampshirewomen."
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