Hillsborough County

county in New Hampshire, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_new_hampshire Q54439
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Summary

Hillsborough County is a county of New Hampshire[1]. It draws 1,152 Wikipedia views per month (county of new hampshire category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Hampshire[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Manchester[5], Nashua[6]
  • Shares border with: Merrimack County[7], Middlesex County[8], Rockingham County[9], Essex County[10], Worcester County[11], Cheshire County[12], Sullivan County[13]
  • Named after: Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Amherst[15], Antrim[16], Bedford[17], Bennington[18], Brookline[19], Deering[20], Francestown[21], Goffstown[22], Greenfield[23], Greenville[24], Hancock[25], Hillsborough[26], Hollis[27], Hudson[28]
  • Commons category: Hillsborough County, New Hampshire[29]
  • Inception: January 1, 1769[30], April 29, 1769[31]
  • Coordinate location: 42.895584, -71.582741[32]
  • Official website: http://www.hillsboroughcountynh.org[33]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hillsborough County, New Hampshire[34]
  • Population: 400,721[35], 400,999[36], 401,871[37], 403,081[38], 403,985[39], 406,678[40], 422,937[41]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire[42]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire[43]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire[44]
  • Number of households: 162,843[45]
  • Native label: Hillsborough County[46]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109457[47]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Hillsborough County, New Hampshire[48]
  • Different from: Hillsborough County[49]
  • Area: 2311[50]

Why It Matters

Hillsborough County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Hillsborough County
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States"
  2. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → hillsborough-county
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: hillsborough-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289937672|hillsborough county (#289937672)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
    Capital → —
    Country → —
    Nci thesaurus id → C109457
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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