In 1775, New Hampshire became the first state to declare its independence from England.
The state is named New Hampshire after the Hampshire County in England.
Ground winds as high as 231 miles an hour were recorded atop the peaks of Mount Washington on April 12, 1934.
More than four-fifths of the state is forested. After Maine, it is the second-most forested state in the U.S.
The first potato grown in the United States was planted in New Hampshire in 1719.
New Hampshire has the shortest coastline of any U.S. state.
There is no tax on earned income in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire is the only state that offers ski jumping as a high school sport.
With 400 members, New Hampshire’s state house is the largest of all the states.
New Hampshire is the only state in the U.S. that does not require adults to wear seat belts while driving.
New Hampshire has the lowest poverty rate in the U.S.
Dover was settled in 1623. It is the oldest permanent settlement in New Hampshire.
The Belknap Mill built at Laconia in 1823 is the oldest unaltered brick knitting mill in America.