Carroll County, New Hampshire

Carroll County
Carroll County
County
	Carroll County Court House
	Location within the U.S. state of New Hampshire
	New Hampshire's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 43°49′21″N 71°10′54″W / 43.822605°N 71.181587°W
Country	United States
State	New Hampshire
Founded	1840
Named for	Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Seat	Ossipee
Largest town	Conway
Area
• Total	993.5 sq mi (2,573 km2)
• Land	931.9 sq mi (2,414 km2)
• Water	61.6 sq mi (160 km2) 6.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	50,107
• Density	53.8/sq mi (20.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	www.carrollcountynh.net

Carroll County is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 census, the population was 50,107,^[1] making it the third-least populous county in New Hampshire. Its county seat is Ossipee.^[2] The county was created in 1840 and organized at Ossipee from towns removed from Strafford County. It was named in honor of Charles Carroll of Carrollton,^[3] who had died in 1832, the last surviving signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

^ "Census - Geograpahy Profile: Carroll County, New Hampshire". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 70.