The town fronts Alton Bay, the southeastern point of Lake Winnipesaukee, and its 19.3 square miles of inland water area is the largest of any town in New Hampshire.

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First chartered in 1727 as a parish of Gilmanton, known as Upper Gilmanton. The town borders Lake Winnisquam.

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Center Harbor was a favorite spot of John Greenleaf Whittier, and the home of Dudley Leavitt, author of the first Farmer's Almanac in 1797.

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The name Franklin was adopted in 1820 in honor of Benjamin Franklin, and the town was incorporated as a city in 1895.

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Once a part of Gilmanton called Gunstock Parish, the town was named for a key battle at the end of the revolution, the Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina.

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At one time it was the second largest town in the state, following Portsmouth. The orignal town was much larger than it is now with villages and parishes including Belmont, Gunstock Parish(Gilford) Hurricane, Tioga,Factory Village and Lakeport.

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Holderness was named in 1751 for Robert Darcy, Fourth Earl of Holderness, Ambassador to Venice and Minister at the Hague under King George III.

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Incorporated as a city in 1893, Laconia includes the villages of Lakeport and Weirs Beach. “Weirs” is the name of primitive fishing devices discovered at the outlet of Lake Winnipesaukee.

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Meredith was first known as Palmer's Town, in honor of Samuel Palmer, a teacher of surveying and navigation, who had laid out much of the land surrounding Lake Winnipesaukee.

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Moultonborough was chartered in 1763, and at the time was described as being near "Winnepisseoky Pond."

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The Town was the site of the Colonial Army's Winter Quarters during the Canadien expedition in 1746. Sanbornton includes the villages of North Sanbornton and Gaza named for the biblical land.

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Charted in 1763, the land was considered so inaccessible that the grant was enlarged making Sandwich one of the largest towns in the state. The town of Sandwich is in the Sandwich Range with seventeen listed peaks including the Sandwich Dome.

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A part of Sanbornton until 1869 this town was known as Sanbornton Bridge and Bridge Village. It was incorporated as Tilton in honor of Nathaniel Tilton, whose grandson Charles was a prominent citizen of the town.

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Tuftonboro is the only New Hampshire town owned by just one man, John Tufton Mason, for whom the town was named. Situated on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee,Tuftonboro includes the villages of Melvin Corner, Melvin Village, and Mirror Lake.

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This town was first granted in 1759 to four young men of Portsmouth, and named Wolfeboro in honor of General James Wolfe, who had been victorious at Quebec in 1759.

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