- Ninth of the thirteen original colonies admitted to statehood on June 21, 1788.
- The state bird is a purple finch.
- The state tree is the white birch tree
- Population in 2000: 1,235,786
- Mt. Washington is the eighteenth highest point
and highest wind speed recorded at ground level.
- The first potato planted in the United States was at Londonderry Common Field in 1719.
- Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., the first American to travel in space is from East Derry, New Hampshire.
- In 1833 the first free public library in the United States was established in Peterborough.
- New Hampshire adopted the first legal lottery in the twentieth century United States in 1963.
- Levi Hutchins of Concord invented the first alarm clock in 1787.
- The Mount Washington auto road at Great Glen is New Hampshire's oldest manmade tourist attraction.
- America's Stonehenge is a 4000 year old
megalithic site located on Mystery Hill in Salem.
- The first free public library in the United States was established at Peterborough in 1833.
- Cannon Aerial Tramway is the first aerial passenger tramway in North America.
- The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium dedicated to NH teacher Christa McAuliffe, space shuttle Challenger.
- New Hampshire's state motto is "Live Free or Die" from a statement by the Revolutionary General John Stark.
- New Hampshire has 10 counties, 13 municipalities, 221 towns and 22 unincorporated places.
- The granite profile "Old Man of the Mountain" is one of the most famous natural landmarks in the state. The Old Man's head measures 40 feet from chin to
forehead and is made up of five ledges.
- It takes approximately 40 gallons of sap to make
approximately 1 gallon of maple syrup.
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