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Date Created: 1841 County Seat: Ossipee
Name Origin: Charles Carroll Formed From: Strafford and Merrimack Counties

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  • Probate Court has Probate Records from 1841
    Carroll Co Admin Building, P.O. Box 419, Ossipee, NH 03864-0419; Register : Gail A. Monet
    Phone : (603) 539-4123, Monday - Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm;
  • Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1841
    Rte. 171 PO Box 163, Ossipee, NH. 03864; 539-4872; HRS: 9:00-5:00, Fax: 539-5239 Fax: 226-0868
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Carroll County was created by an act of the state legislature approved December 23, 1840. In part the act stated that Carroll county would include the following towns which had previously made up part of Strafford. These towns were: Albany, Brookfield, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Moultonborough, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonborough, Ossipee, Wakefield and Wolfeborough. In 1853, Bartlett, Jackson, and Hart's Location were disannexed from Coös county and became part of Carroll county.

Carroll county received its name in commemoration of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Strafford county, from which Carroll county was formed, was one of the five original counties of New Hampshire. The five included Rockingham, Hillsborough, Cheshire, and Grafton. Chocorua Mountain, in Tamworth, is named for a legendary Indian chief who either leapt from his death from the mountain or died from a bullet wound there. It is one of the most photographed mountains in Carroll County.

The first nails produced by machine in this country were made in Chocorua in 1770. In 1785 the Tamworth Iron Works was started to take the iron out of Ossipee Pond. In 1804 the Tamworth Iron Works fashioned the first screw augers made in the nation, which replaced pod augers. The Tamworth Iron Works became the Chocorua Iron Works in 1890.

Carroll County is located in east central New Hampshire, bordering Maine to the east. Its 933 square miles is dominated by the White Mountain National Forest in the northern half. With Mount Washington to the north and Lake Winnipesaukee to the south, its major industry is tourism and recreation. Over 40% of the jobs are in eating and drinking establishments; hotel and other lodging places; and, amusement and recreation. Manufacturing accounted for just 9.8% of the private employment in 1994, well below the 22.8% state average.

Two of the largest of its seventeen towns, Conway and Wolfeboro, stand out as popular destinations for tourists and outdoor enthusiasts. Carroll County's largest town is Conway, with a population of 7,926. The county's total population is 36,439. The County is comprised of 18 towns - Albany, Bartlett, Brookfield, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Jackson, Madison, Moultonborough, Ossipee, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro; and, one location - Hales. See City & Town Clerks for more

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