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About Strafford County
Strafford County,
named in honor of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford,
was organized in 1773 as one of the five original
counties.
Strafford County is comprised of three cities -
Dover, Rochester and Somersworth; and 10
towns - Barrington, Durham, Farmington, Lee, Madbury,
Middleton, Milton, New Durham, Rollinsford, and
Strafford and includes the village of Gonic.
It is the smallest county in New Hampshire with a total
land area of 370 square miles. It is bordered by Maine
to the east, separated by the Salmon Falls and the
Piscataqua Rivers. The two largest cities are Rochester
and Dover. The county's approx. population is 106,000.
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In June, as the Kentucky Project was coming to
completion, it was decided to create this page
for all states, establishing the USGenWeb
Project. Volunteers were found who were willing
to coordinate the collection of county pages for
a state page. If you would like to contribute
your data or create a county page within a given
state, please contact the person responsible for
maintaining that state's page. If you would like
to volunteer in any way to help with this site
contact the State Coordinator,
Peggy or the Assistant State Coordinator
Birde..
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In the spring of 1996, a group of genealogists
with mutual interests in Kentucky genealogy got
together and discussed ways and means of using
the internet for comprehensive genealogical
resources. This resulted in a project to build
web sites for every county in Kentucky. This idea
quickly spread to other states and by the end of
the summer of 1996, the USGenweb Project
was born.
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